Man Who Refused to Cooperate With Cops in Earlier Attack Is Shot Dead: Police

A man who was shot at last year and refused to cooperate with police is now dead -- believed to have been shot by the same person who went after him before, Newark police said Wednesday.

The man was killed and two others were injured in a triple shooting shortly after 2 p.m. in front of a barber shop on Clinton Place in Newark, according to the Essex County Prosecutor's Office.

Authorities didn't immediately reveal the identity of the man who was killed. Police said he was believed to have been a gang member.

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