Thursday, March 16, 2017

MAPLEWOOD WOMAN SHOT DEAD IN NEWARK

From NJ.com: 

NEWARK -- Authorities have identified the two people shot and killed in separate slayings in the city over the past two days, while revealing few other details about their deaths. 

A 17-year-old boy, Raquan Boundurant, of Irvington, was shot and killed Sunday near the intersection of Rose and Bergen Streets, Katherine Carter, a spokeswoman for the Essex County Prosecutor's Office, confirmed Wednesday.

Monday, a 62-year-old Maplewood woman, Deborah Burton, was shot and killed on 3rd Street, Carter said.

Additional details about what time the shootings occurred or what may have prompted them was not immediately available.

The prosecutor's office is investigating both shooting deaths. Authorities have not identified suspects in either shooting, or released any other details about their investigations.

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