2 men arrested in weekend killing of Newark man
Updated Dec 29, 2020;
Police have arrested two Newark men in connection with the fatal shooting of a city man Sunday, authorities said.
On Monday, police arrested Johaun Cook, 35, and Altariq Sanders, 32, both of Newark, and charged them with multiple crimes, including reckless manslaughter, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens II said in a statement.
The duo had been sought for the fatal shooting of Sherome Hubbard, 24, also of Newark.
Police found Hubbard shot inside a home on the 200 block of Fairmount Avenue on Sunday, authorities said. He was taken to University Hospital and was pronounced dead at 6:42 p.m. that same day.