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An East Orange man was killed and another person wounded after shots rang out outside the 21 Foxes Go-Go club in Newark early Sunday morning, officials said.

(Dan Ivers/NJ Advance Media)

NEWARK — A shooting outside a city strip club killed an East Orange man and wounded another person early this morning, law enforcement officials said, marking the second deadly incident near the go-go bar in less than two months.

Newark police were called to Passaic Street near 21 Foxes Go-Go at 2:26 a.m. today on report of a shooting, acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn Murray and Newark Police Director Eugene Venable said. When police arrived, they were told two victims were taken in a private vehicle to University Hospital, according to Murray and Venable.

Sharod Coleman, 23, of East Orange, was pronounced dead at 2:56 a.m., Murray and Venable said. A second victim, whose identity was not released, is in stable condition.

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In a separate incident outside 21 Foxes Go-Go in late December, a 26-year-old Georgia man was killed and a 27-year-old Newark woman was wounded.



Anthony Ambrose, chief of detectives for the Essex County Prosecutor's Office, said there are currently no suspects and no motive for this morning's shooting. Ambrose said the county's homicide task force, which includes Newark police, is investigating the incident.

Anyone with information is asked to call the prosecutor's office confidential tip line at (877) 847-7432.

The Essex County Sheriff's Crime Stoppers is offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction.

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