(AP Photo/Mel Evans)
A 28-year-old man and a teenage boy have been charged with the execution-style schoolyard killings of three college student and the wounding of another in Newark, N.J.
CHARGED
Police took the 15-year-old boy into custody Wednesday night and the man, Jose Carranza, pictured above, surrendered to the mayor on Thursday.
"We believe that others were involved in this heinous crime," Essex County Prosecutor Paula T. Dow said. "We're looking for them."
STOP THE VIOLENCE
The killings ratcheted up anger in New Jersey's largest city, where overall crime has declined but where the number of killings continued at last year's pace with 60 homicides so far this year. The killings have prompted billboards in the downtown area that scream, "HELP WANTED: Stop the Killings in Newark Now!"
MOTIVE
Officials declined Thursday to speculate on a motive, but Police
Director Garry McCarthy said: "There is still no indication of a gang
angle in this particular endeavor."
THE CRIME
The four victims, friends ages 18 to 20 who were planning to attend
Delaware State University this fall, were shot while visiting in a
schoolyard not far from their homes Saturday night.
-- Megan K. Scott
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