2 killed by gunfire in Newark on Fourth of July; no arrests

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Gunfire claimed the lives of two people in Newark on the Fourth of July, authorities said.

Essex County prosecutors and Newark public safety officials said 36-year-old Nekeya Grady of Willingboro and 46-year-old Earl Cohen of Newark were pronounced dead at the scene just before 3 p.m. Saturday.

No arrests were immediately announced. Anyone with information was asked to call the county prosecutor’s office homicide/major crimes task force.