1 Killed, 1 Wounded Outside NJ Strip Club

One man was killed and another was wounded early Sunday when gunfire erupted outside a northern New Jersey strip club, authorities said.

The shooting at 21 Foxes Go-Go in Newark was reported around 2:25 a.m., Essex County prosecutors reported to the NJ.com website. When police arrived at the scene, they were told the two shooting victims had already been driven to University Hospital in a private vehicle.

Sharod Coleman, 23, of East Orange, was pronounced dead shortly before 3 a.m. at the hospital, authorities said. The wounded victim, whose name was not released, was hospitalized in stable condition.

A motive for the shooting remains under investigation, and no arrests have been made.

The Essex County Sheriff's Crime Stoppers program is offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction.

In December, a Georgia man was killed and a Newark woman wounded outside the strip club. 

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