This story reflects new information including the report of a fatal shooting at 7 p.m.

An alleged thief was shot and killed by a store owner and a teenage carjacker was shot by a Newark police officer during a violent 36 hours that left two dead and four injured in the state's largest city.

NEWARK — A Newark shop owner pulled out a gun from behind his counter and killed an armed thief who was trying to rob his store Monday afternoon, police said.

This was one of six shootings in 36 hours that left four injured and two dead in the city.

Police Director Samuel DeMaio said the owner of Top Dollar — a “cash-for-gold” store that also appeared to sell jewelry, watches and cell phones — shot and killed a man who robbed his store at gunpoint about 3:20 p.m. yesterday.

The robber barged into the store, which is located on the corner of Central Avenue and South 9th Street, and ordered the owner to fill a backpack with money and gold while threatening to shoot family members, DeMaio and acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn Murray said in a joint statement.

As the robber left with an undisclosed amount of merchandise, the store owner drew a handgun from behind the counter and shot him once, DeMaio said.

The thief ran out of the store but died a short time later, according to DeMaio.

Police did not identify the store owner or the robber. No charges had been filed, said Katherine Carter, a spokeswoman for the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office.

About 7 p.m. Monday, a man in his mid-20s was shot dead at Chadwick Avenue and West Runyon Street, according to three law enforcement sources. Two sources said the shooters were in a passing vehicle.

Hours earlier, a police officer shot and wounded a teenage carjacking suspect who was trying to ram two officers with the vehicle in the city's West Ward.

About 9:30 a.m., the officers tried to stop a carjacked vehicle near Abinger Place and Sunset Avenue, according to James Stewart Jr., president of the Newark Fraternal Order of Police. The driver, a 15-year-old Newark boy, allegedly threw the car in reverse and barreled toward the officers on a one-way street, causing one officer to open fire, Stewart said.

The teen was shot in the leg and suffered non-life-threatening injuries, Stewart said. A 15-year-old passenger and the driver, both Newark residents, were charged with aggravated assault on a police officer, carjacking, weapons offenses, eluding and receiving stolen property, according to Carter.

Stewart described both officers as veteran members of the department.

“It is very discouraging to see such young children committing such violent crimes. A 15-year-old should not be driving carjacked vehicles the wrong way down one-way streets with a 15-year-old co-pilot,” he said.

Neither officer was hurt, Stewart said. The shooting will be investigated by the prosecutor’s office, according to Carter.

Monday’s shootings came after an equally violent Sunday that saw three people shot and another man die in a car accident. The bloodshed started about 4 a.m. Sunday when a man was shot and suffered non-life-threatening injuries on Farley Avenue, DeMaio said.

Eight hours later, a 56-year-old man died at University Hospital after losing control of his car on Frelinghuysen Avenue and smashing into a pole, according to Sgt. Ronald Glover, a city police spokesman.

A teenage girl was shot about 7:30 p.m. and suffered non-life-threatening injuries on Isabella Avenue, DeMaio said. Three hours after, another man was shot on Madison and Seymour avenues, according to DeMaio.

Staff writer Tomás Dinges contributed to this report.

Editor's Note: An earlier version of this article ommitted the location of the Top Dollar store.

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