1 Dead, 1 Injured in Shooting in NJ: Police

A man died after he and another man were shot in Newark on Saturday, police said. 

The men were shot at Ridgewood Avenue and Avon Avenue around 6 p.m., police said. 

One of the men, Elijah Roberts, 30, of Newark, was pronounced dead at the hospital, prosecutors said.

The second man was treated for a non-life threatening injury. 

The shooting is under investigation. No arrests have been made. 

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