UPDATED 5:04 p.m. Sunday: The victim in Friday’s Bloomfield shooting has been identified as Joseph Rossi of Bloomfield.
The Essex County Prosecutor’s Office has confirmed that that a homicide took place in Bloomfield today. It had no further details, except to say that the victim was male. A more detailed report is expected to be released tonight.
Bloomfield Life is reporting that prosecutors were called to Phoenix Amusements, a game rental business at 105 Floyd Ave., around the corner from Pete’s Place convenince store.
The Essex County Prosecutor released some additional information over the weekend:
Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn Murray along with Bloomfield Police Chief Chris Goul and Newark Police Director Sammuel DeMaio announce that two men were shot in killed in their jurisdictions yesterday.
The first Homicide occurred 1:45 p.m. yesterday at 105 Floyd Avenue in Bloomfield, Joseph Rossi, 58, of Verona was found shot to death in his amusement machine business.
The second Homicide occurred in Newark last evening at 9:45 pm at 27 Bedford Street, Antoine Rogers, 21 of Newark was shot at the location and died shortly after at University Hospital.
The both investigations are ongoing and being conducted by the Essex County Prosecutor’s Homicide/Major Crimes Task Force.
There are no motives available at this time. THE INVESTIGATIONS ARE NOT RELATED.
So little in the way of details that you can’t even call it murder, as no charges have even been filed.
It still might be classified as manslaughter, self-defense, or an accident.
This should be Journalism 101, but I guess that’s not a prerequisite for writing headlines on Baristanet.
This is a real shame. That area is peaceful and people are really kind around there. I used to pass by that amusement park almost daily with my son after daycare-when he was younger. We would stop into Pete’s Place regularly and then go to the park next door to the amusement arcade. I do not remember the owner of the arcade….however, this is a shame…..I suppose we will hear more on the story as the “truth” unfolds….
Does journalism 101 have a section on blog commenting?
weakest article of all time.
just more sensationalism and yellow journalism from goofus and galant.