Newark mass shooting leaves 2 dead, including 10-year-old boy: ‘A dark and devastating day’

Two people have been killed, including a 10-year-old boy, and three others wounded in a mass shooting in Newark.

A 21-year-old woman died from her injuries while a boy, 11, and two men, ages 19 and 60, are in a stable condition following the shocking attack in Newark at around 7 p.m. Saturday, according to the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office.

A mass shooting in Newark, New Jersey left two dead and three others wounded Saturday. Kyle Mazza/Shutterstock

Both of the fatally wounded victims were rushed to University Hospital after the  shooting, as Newark’s Mayor Ras Baraka urged the gunman to surrender.

The Dem mayor issued a statement that addressed the shooting, as well as the death of a 2-year-old who fell out of a window in the city earlier in the day.

“Today was a dark and devastating day in Newark as a small child fell to his death from an apartment window this afternoon and two more innocent souls died in a shooting on Chancellor Avenue,” he said.

One of the shooting victims was a 10-year-old boy. Kyle Mazza/Shutterstock

The gunman opened fire on the 300 block of Chancellor Avenue, unleashing a spray of bullets, with at least 17 evidence markers seen at the scene on Sunday morning, WABC reported.

Anyone with information regarding the case is asked to contact the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Tips Line at 1-877-TIPS-4EC or 1-877-847-7432.