TWIN BROTHERS CHARGED IN CONNECTION WITH JANUARY 24, 2023 NEWARK SHOOTING DEATH
" Dequan Meadows & Uquan Meadows Have Been Arrested & Charged In The Fatal Shooting Of Boubacar Doukoure Of Jersey City."
Friday, March 24, 2023, 1:10 P.M. ET. By Art Fletcher: Englebrook Independent News,
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NEWARK, NJ.- Today, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II reported that Two Newark, New Jersey Brothers have been Arrested and Charged in connection with The Fatal Shooting of a 29-Year-Old Jersey City man that occurred on January 24, 2023.
On Tuesday, January 24, 2023, at approximately 5:28 p.m., Members of The Newark Police Department responded to The 100 Block of Clinton Avenue in Newark, on a report of a Shooting.
Upon arrival, Police Officers found a man, later identified as Boubacar Doukoure, 29, of Jersey City, New Jersey, Unresponsive in a Parking Lot. Mr. Doukoure was subsequently pronounced deceased at the scene at 6:02 p.m.
Following an investigation by Members of The Essex County Prosecutor's Office Homicide Task Force, with assistance from Detectives of The Newark Police Department were able to Identify Dequan Meadows, 24, and Uquan Meadows, 24, both of Newark as Suspects and Individuals responsible for The Shooting Death of Mr. Doukoure.
Both Brothers were Charged with One Count of First Degree Murder; First Degree Conspiracy to Commit Murder; Second Degree Possession of a Weapon for an Unlawful Purpose; and Second Degree Unlawful Possession of a Weapon. Both Brothers were Processed on the Charges and Remanded to The Essex County Correctional Facility pending their First Appearance and Potential Detention Hearing in Essex County State Superior Court.
" The Rules Of The Court Require Us To Include A Statement, That States: The Charges Outlined In This Publication Are Merely Accusations And The Defendant And Or Defendants Are Presumed Innocent Unless And Until Proven Guilty Beyond Reasonable Doubt."
FILED UNDER MARCH 24, 2023: LAW, ESSEX: