NEWARK -- A 10-year-old boy apparently visiting the city for a family party died early Saturday when he was shot to death while inside his family home, authorities, relatives and a friend of the boy's family said.

The shooting occurred around 1:20 a.m. at a home on the 800 block of South 19th Street, Chief Assistant Essex County Prosecutor Thomas Fennelly said. It appears the child was shot from within the third-floor apartment, he added.

No arrests have been made and prosecutors did not say if they were seeking any suspects.

The boy's grandfather and a neighbor identified the boy as Josiah Coleman. The grandfather, Clarence Coleman, said he received a call from one of his daughters saying that his 10-year-old grandson had been shot.

The death marks the city's fourth fatal shooting this week.

A family friend who asked not to be identified said the boy lived at the South 19th Street home before moving with his mother to Pennsylvania a few years ago.

The friend said the boy, who spent time between Newark and Pennsylvania, was visiting his father in Newark this weekend for a family party.

Neighbor Barbara Maybank, who goes to church with the boy's grandmother, said the boy was visiting for his little sister's birthday party.

Maybank didn't know the girl's age.

"I've known the family for years,"she said. "He was a nice boy."

Another neighbor said she noticed the activity early Saturday morning.

"When I pulled up, I saw them taking the kid out to the ambulance," said Shameeka Addison, who lives two doors down from where the shooting happened.

A woman followed out of the house, who Addison described as frantic.

Shahead Williams, who lives on the block, said he didn't hear gunfire last night.

"I would have heard shots if it was outside," he said. "It happens in the area a lot. ... It's sad. They keep getting younger and younger."

NJAM photographer Robert Sciarrino contributed to this report.

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