Two teenagers were taken into custody in Newark following an incident where someone was struck in the face with a gel blaster projectile at a local shopping center.
Police officers were called to Brookside Shopping Center on the unit block of Marrows Road at approximately 11:45 a.m. on Thursday, March 19, 2026, after receiving reports that an individual had been hit in the face by an unidentified object.
Initially, authorities believed the projectile was from a paintball gun, but the investigation revealed the teens had used a gel blaster device. Law enforcement officials gathered descriptions of two suspects during their response to the scene…