UPDATE: Acting Essex County Prosecutor Robert Laurino announced the arrest of Jamal Abdul Silvera, 21, of 115 South Clinton Street, East Orange for Felony Murder in connection with the death of James Callaway, 63 of Maplewood, the victim in this morning carjacking.
From earlier today:
At 9:50 a.m. this morning a male carjacked a West Orange township vehicle at a Lakeside Street Municipal garage. A short time later the West Orange Police spotted the vehicle and pursued it into East Orange. The carjacked vehicle struck and killed a 63 year old male at Glenwood and Springdale Avenues. The suspect continued driving with officers from West Orange and now the East Orange Police Departments in pursuit, the suspect’s vehicle crashed at Freeway Drive by Evergreen Street in East Orange. The suspect was apprehended by officers after a brief foot chase. The suspect is identified as Jamal Abdul Silveia, 21, of Clinton Street, East Orange.
We’ll update with more information on the West Orange incident when we get it. Officials have said they’ll send a detailed press advisory once the next of kin and additional information is obtained. The Investigation is continuing.
Lock him up for the next 50 years, so we know where he be, and that will insure that he will stay out of trouble, as he has proved that cannot function properly among a free society, and and those that can function among a free society will be just a little bit safer.
What a tragic story.
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