Crime & Safety

Third Teen Victim of Christmas Shooting Dies, Report Says

15-year-old boy charged with killings reportedly felt 'disrespected.'

A 14-year-old who was wounded in a shooting that claimed two other lives on Christmas night in Newark has died, NJ.com reported.

Abdul Frazier, along with Zainee Hailey, 13, and Kasson Morman, 15, is now the third fatality of the shooting at a Schley Street home. A 15-year-old boy was arrested just before the new year. Sources told NJ.com the shooter was taking revenge on one of the boys for “hitting on” his girlfriend.

The shooter, who had faced at attempted murder charge, is now expected to be charged with a third murder.

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