UPDATE: Student killed in frat house

NEWARK -- An NJIT student was shot and killed early Monday near the campus of of the college, authorities said.

The man was shot at about 3:22 a.m. on the 300 block of Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard, Essex County Chief Assistant Prosecutor Thomas S. Fennelly said.

He was pronounced dead at 5:02 a.m. at University Hospital. Fennelly did not immediately identify the man because his family has not been notified.

Rutgers University Police said in an email to students that the man was an NJIT student. The Rutgers-Newark campus is across the street from NJIT.

Police are still investigating.

The shooting took place at a Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity house.

Shooting at Frat house near NJIT in Newark. Details on #1010wins pic.twitter.com/gFb8mNR1iL — glenn schuck (@glennschuck) May 2, 2016

Police have closed Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard between Central Avenue and New Street, Newark Police Capt. Derek Glenn said. Parts of Bleeker and Summit streets are also closed. Rutgers University-Newark issued a statement saying the closures would last until 10 a.m.

A woman who spoke to NJ Advance Media and did not want to be identified said she was good friends with the man who was shot. The two had studied together early Monday before he left to go to a nearby market.

A man at the market followed him back to the Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity house and shot him, the woman said.

Police were going in and out of the house Monday morning.

Melvin Goldsmith, a student at Essex County Community College, located just a few blocks east of the frat house, said he makes sure to avoid taking night classes in the area. The 20-year-old from East Orange said he was shocked the shooting was in the college area of the city.

"But it's in Newark," he said.

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