An Essex County man has been found guilty of murdering an innocent man in retaliation for a shooting that wounded a gang member years earlier.
A jury found David Parker, 23, of Irvington, guilty on Thursday of first-degree murder in the death of Prince Sweeney, 35, of East Orange, on Aug. 9, 2021.
Sweeney was walking with a friend down North Munn Street in East Orange when Parker fired 10 shots at him with an MP15 rifle, striking Sweeney once in the chest and killing him…