36-YEAR-OLD DELIVERY DRIVER WAS FATALLY SHOT WHILE WORKING ON WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 8, 2021 IN PLAINFIELD, NEW JERSEY
"Jamar Harris Of Newark, New Jersey Was Fatally Shot Yesterday Afternoon On Garfield Avenue In Plainfield, New Jersey."
September 9, 2021 By Art Fletcher Reporting For: Englebrook Independent News,
PLAINFIELD, NJ.- On Thursday, September 9, 2021 Union County Prosecutor William A. Daniel and Plainfield Police Department Officer in Charge David M. Guarino announced that yesterday's Fatal Shooting of a Newark, New Jersey resident is under active investigation.
The victim, who has been positively identified as Jamar Harris, 36, of Newark, New Jersey, a delivery truck driver who was working at the time of his death.
According to the preliminary investigation, on Wednesday, September 8, 2021, at approximately 2:10 p.m., Members of The Plainfield Police Department responded to The 200 Block of Garfield Avenue in Plainfield on a report of a shooting.
Upon arrival, Police Officers found Mr. Harris in the location, who had sustained a Fatal Gunshot Wound. Mr. Harris was subsequently pronounced deceased at the scene.
The investigation is being led by The Union County Homicide Task Force and assisted by Members of The Plainfield Police Department, Union County Police Ballistics Unit, and The Union County Sheriff's Crime Scene Unit.
Anyone with information regarding this shooting is urged to contact Union County Prosecutor's Office Sergeant Lamar Hartsfield at (908) 451-1873, Prosecutor's Office Detective Angela Concepcion at (908) 341-5416 or you can contact Plainfield Police Sergeant Thomas Collina at (732) 620-2209.
FILED UNDER SEPTEMBER 9, 2021: LAW, UNION: