UPDATE SUNDAY EVENING: The Courier has posted a story identifying the victim as Shawne Lovely of Plainfield Avenue, with further details (see here). Plainfield witnessed two shootings overnight Saturday of the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend, one of them the second homicide of 2011 in as many weeks.
A 16-year-old male was shot multiple times on John Street just after midnight. He was pronounced dead at RWJ Medical Center after being transported there.
This follows the shooting of another male on Berckman Street in the East End around 9:30 PM Saturday evening.
Don't know condition of victims or if the two shootings are related.
More as information becomes available.
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the 16 year old past R.I.P Shawane
are you serious for real?
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