NEWARK (CBS) ― Two men fatally shot each other after they brawled in Newark on Saturday afternoon.
The incident began around 2 p.m., said Det. Todd McClendon, a Newark police spokesman.
Police did not confirm what sparked the brawl, but identified the victims as 16-year-old Bashir Davis and 28-year-old Jaronne Culver. They say there was a fight over turf, and may have involved a third man who fled in a car.
One of the weapons used was an uzi, but whether the firearm was semiautomatic or fully automatic was not immediately known.
"I know both of them both of them," said Newark resident Amani Shakur. Both are generally good guys. I don't know what happened."
McClendon said one man was pronounced dead at the scene, while the other was taken to University Hospital in Newark, where he died a short time later.
There have now been 22 homicides in Newark this year, compared to 31 that had occurred by this time last year.
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