NEWARK, N.J. — A quiet stretch of Avon Avenue was shattered Tuesday afternoon on June 2nd when three suspects in a blue Infiniti targeted a pedestrian in a daylight shooting that left shell casings behind but no injuries.
Just before 2 p.m. on June 3, the city’s ShotSpotter system detected gunfire in the 100 block of Avon Avenue. Responding officers recovered six shell casings at the scene. Surveillance footage revealed that the suspects’ vehicle slowed after passing the victim, prompting one individual to jump out and chase the target while another opened fire from the front passenger seat.
The suspect who exited the car quickly re-entered, and the vehicle sped off heading east on Avon Avenue. The Infiniti was later found abandoned after a crash, with all occupants seen fleeing on foot northbound on Martin Luther King Boulevard and then east on Crawford Street…