Sergio Bichao

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PLAINFIELD -- Nearly 24 hours after residents and police marched against violence, another victim was gunned down on a street in this city.

Investigators are looking into the Friday afternoon shooting of a male on the 300 block of Evona Avenue. At about 6 p.m., the victim was expected to be taken to a hospital by helicopter, authorities said.

No arrests have been made and other details were not immediately available.

UPDATE: Authorities on Saturday said the shooting victim, Rashawn Bryant, 24, of Myrtle Avenue, died 1 a.m. Saturday as a result of the shooting, which is now being investigated as a homicide.

The Friday shooting happened in the same neighborhood where dozens of participants a day earlier marched against the gang and gun violence that has plagued this city. The march ended with a forum attended by lawmakers, Police Director Carl Riley and Union County Acting Prosecutor Grace Park.

On Saturday, Dearn Marcano, 20, was shot and killed on West Third Street at Manson Place. It was the city's first homicide this year. Three other men were injured in gunfire a short distance away.

Last week, three men were injured in two separate gunfire incidents and a man was injured midnight Sunday in yet another incident. Johnpaul Martin, 20, was charged Wednesday with attempted murder in that shooting.