A Newark resident who gunned down a man sitting in his car nearly four years ago has been convicted of murder, officials said.
A jury sitting in Newark also found Eric Hampton Manning, 30, guilty of weapons offenses, the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office said.
The shooting took place when Manning walked up to Sharique Ray Young’s parked vehicle at 8 p.m. on March 8, 2022 while holding a gun behind his back. Manning pushed aside a person who was standing outside the car speaking to Young through the open driver’s side window and squeezed out four shots…