East Orange holds vigil for 16-year-old boy shot, killed last week while walking home from school
A candlelight vigil happened Monday near East Orange High School in memory of a 16-year-old boy who was shot and killed last week while walking home from school.
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Oct 11, 2022, 10:51 AM
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15h agoA candlelight vigil happened
Monday near East Orange High School in memory of a 16-year-old boy who was shot
and killed last week while walking home from school.
According to police, Letrell Duncun was
shot four times around
3 p.m. on Lincoln Street just as kids were being dismissed for the day. Police
say Duncun was shot by a suspect who took off, just a block away from an elementary
and middle school. Duncan was rushed to the hospital but didn't survive.
Investigators have not said
if Duncan was the intended target. Essex County prosecutors are leading the
investigation and are still looking for the suspect.
No
one else was injured.
Duncan
was a standout basketball player who was described as the rock of the youth
basketball program that he was a part of at Garden State Bounce.
There
is a GoFundMe
page to help his family with funeral arrangements.
Anyone
with information is asked to contact the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office tips
line at 1-877-TIPS-4EC or 1-877-847-7432.
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