Fourth Person Killed in Newark Tuesday Identified

The Essex County Prosecutor’s Office is investigating the murders of two men Tuesday, the third and fourth homicides in the city that day.

Dana Andre Pridgen, 38, of East Orange was fatally shot near 72 West End Avenue around 7 pm. He was pronounced dead less than a hour later.

About four hours later a second man, Jahid Jordan, 22, of Irvington was shot and killed while in a car near 10 South Orange Ave.

Both men were shot multiple times and both appear to have been targeted, the prosecutor’s office said. The shootings do not appear to be related.

The murders occurred on the same day that a couple was found stabbed and bludgeoned in their apartment on S. 11th Street. Both of the victims, a man and a woman, died from their injuries.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide/Major Crimes Task Force tips line at 1-877-847-7432.