Crime & Safety
Police Seek Help Identifying Gas Station Shooting Suspect
Photos from surveillance video released by authorities
Police are asking for the public's help in identifying a man suspected of killing another man last Friday inside a Newark gas station.
Hykine Johnson, 35, of Newark, was fatally shot at a gas station on the corner of Washington and Court streets at around 7:45 p.m., according to the Essex County Prosecutor's Office.
He was pronounced dead at University Hospital at 8:10 p.m.
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Johnson was likely targeted in the shooting, authorities said.
According to photos from a surveillance video that police released, the suspect appears to be wearing a dark hooded sweatshirt and blue jeans.
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Anyone with information regarding the incident may call the Essex County Prosecutor's Office tips line at 877-847-7432.
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