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UPDATE: MAN, TEEN ARRESTED IN NEWARK COLLEGE MURDERS Teen, man arrested in Newark schoolyard killings
3 college students were slain, one was wounded last weekend By Jeffrey Gold | The Associated Press 7:00 PM EDT, August 9, 2007 Article Tools E-mail Print Single page view Reprints Reader feedback text size: NEWARK, N.J. - A 28-year-old man and a teenage boy were charged today in the execution-style schoolyard killings of three college students and the wounding of another, a crime that has outraged this violence-marred city. The arrests came within hours, with police taking the 15-year-old boy into custody Wednesday night and the man, Jose Carranza, surrendering to the mayor today. "We believe that others were involved in this heinous crime," Essex County Prosecutor Paula T. Dow said. "We're looking for them." Community activists, meanwhile, urged racial calm after the arrest of a Hispanic man -- Carranza -- in the slayings of the three young black students. "The kind of violence that happens in Newark is random. There has never been any animosity between blacks and Latinos," said Ras Baraka, principal of Central High School in Newark and the son of New Jersey's former poet laureate, Amiri Baraka. "We're all in the same conditions in this town," he said. 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!" During a news conference today announcing the arrest of the teenager and the search for Carranza, Mayor Cory A. Booker learned that Carranza wanted to surrender. When reached by Carranza's lawyer, "I said simply, let's find a spot," Booker said at a second news conference. The surrender took place at a police office next to City Hall. When he surrendered, "He said no words whatsoever," Booker said. In turn, "I had absolutely nothing to say to this individual." Hours later, Carranza, handcuffed behind his back and wearing a black "Hulkamania" T-shirt and light-colored shorts, was escorted into police headquarters via a back door. He did not respond to questions as he was taken inside. Officials declined today to speculate on a motive, but Police Director Garry McCarthy said: "There is still no indication of a gang angle in this particular endeavor." Authorities have said robbery appeared to be the motive, and robbery charges were brought against the two suspects. Authorities do not believe the four victims knew the assailants. Carranza and the teen are unrelated, Dow said, but she didn't elaborate on how they knew each other. Carranza had at least three prior arrests and was facing an aggravated assault charge in a separate case at the time of the killings, Booker said. According to court records obtained by The Star-Ledger of Newark, Carranza was indicted twice this year -- in April on aggravated assault and weapons charges; and in July on 31 counts including aggravated sexual assault of a child younger than 13. He was free on bail on the indictments. 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. Terrance Aeriel, 18, Dashon Harvey, 20, and Iofemi Hightower, 20, were forced to kneel against a wall and were shot at close range. The fourth victim, 19-year-old Natasha Aeriel, Terrance Aeriel's sister, survived a wound to her head and is hospitalized. Natasha Aeriel was able to help authorities identify the suspects, the mayor said. Officials said fingerprints on a bottle found at the shooting scene and ballistics evidence tied Carranza to the crime. Carranza and the teen were charged with three counts of first-degree murder, one count of attempted murder, and other charges. Dow said they would seek an adult trial for the teen, whose name was not released because of his age. The teen was being held pending a detenion hearing. Carranza was being held in lieu of $1 million bail. A message left for Carranza's lawyer, Felix Lopez Montalvo, was not immediately returned. "I want justice. The right justice for my child, for T.J., for Natasha and for Deshon," said Hightower's mother, Shalga Hightower, from her Irvington home today. "They took three angels away from their families, but one angel survived, so the story could get told." Associated Press writers David Porter and Janet Frankston Lorin in Newark, and Daniela Flores and Angela Delli Santi in Trenton contributed to this story. More articles [Edited 8/10/07 5:10am] | |
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Fury said: WHERE'S THE OUTRAGE? THE AROUND THE CLOCK MSNBC/CNN/NANCY GRACE COVERAGE?
THIS IS BULLSHIT! Four College Friends Shot in New Jersey By DAVID PORTER,AP Posted: 2007-08-07 04:01:26 Filed Under: Crime News NEWARK, N.J. (Aug. 7) - In a city where gun violence has become an all too common part of daily life, these shootings were enough to chill even the most hardened residents: Four young friends shot execution-style in a schoolyard just days before they were to head to college. Jennifer Brown, The Star-Ledger / AP Authorities investigate the scene where four college students who were friends were lined up and shot in a schoolyard in Newark on Saturday. One student survived, while the other three were killed. Three were killed after being forced to kneel against a wall and then shot in the head at close range Saturday night, police said. A girl was found slumped near some bleachers 30 feet away, a gunshot wound to the head but still alive. The four Newark residents were to attend Delaware State University this fall. No arrests had been made by Monday and authorities had not identified suspects. The shootings ratcheted up anger in New Jersey's largest city, where the murder rate has risen 50 percent since 1998. The high number of killings have prompted billboards in the downtown area that scream, "HELP WANTED: Stop the Killings in Newark Now!" "Anyone who has children in the city is in panic mode," said Donna Jackson, president of Take Back Our Streets, a community-based organization. "It takes something like this for people to open up their eyes and understand that not every person killed in Newark is a drug dealer." The killings bring Newark's murder total for the year to 60, and put pressure on Mayor Cory A. Booker, who campaigned last year on a promise of reducing crime. Jackson said Booker "doesn't deserve another day, another second, while our children are at stake." Booker said Monday that it was "not a time to play politics and divide our city." A $50,000 reward was being offered for information leading to the arrest of those involved, he said. A month ago, Booker and Police Director Garry McCarthy announced that crime in the city had fallen by 20 percent in the first six months of 2007 compared to a year ago. Yet despite decreases in the number of rapes, aggravated assaults and robberies, the murders have continued. Natasha Aeriel, 19, was listed in fair condition at Newark's University Hospital. Police identified her slain companions as her brother, Terrance Aeriel, 18, Iofemi Hightower, 20, and Dashon Harvey, 20. Authorities believe the shootings were a random robbery committed by several assailants and that some of the victims may have tried to resist their attackers. They were piecing together details of the attack from interviews with Natasha Aeriel. Hightower and the Aeriels had been friends since elementary school and played in the marching band at West Side High School. Terrance Aeriel, known as T.J., took Hightower to the school prom in 2006, chauffeured by his sister. At Delaware State they met Harvey, another musician, and struck up a friendship. Friends and family members said the four were not involved in drinking, drugs or gangs. They liked to congregate at the school, which sits in a middle-class neighborhood less than a mile from the campus of Seton Hall University, to hang out and listen to music. Harvey's father, James, said Monday the parents of the assailants were to blame. "If you raised your kids better, this would not happen," he said. Hightower worked two jobs and recently enrolled at the school. One of her jobs was at Brighton Gardens, an assisted living center in nearby West Orange, where her mother also worked. On the afternoon of the killings, she told her mother she planned to spend the night at Natasha Aeriel's house near the Mount Vernon School. "The last time I heard her voice was Saturday night," Hightower said between sobs. "She called me from work to let me know Natasha was going to pick her up and she was going to spend the night. She told me she loved me." The Aerials' mother, Renee Tucker, said the last time she saw them was around 10:30 p.m. Saturday, when they told her they were going around the corner to get something to eat. "They said they were going to come right back to the house," Tucker said. Associated Press Writers Janet Frankston Lorin and Jeffrey Gold in Newark, and Daniela Flores in Trenton contributed to this story. Copyright 2007 The Associated Press. The information contained in the AP news report may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or otherwise distributed without the prior written authority of The Associated Press. All active hyperlinks have been inserted by AOL. 2007-08-06 09:04:44 
SURVIVOR:Natasha Aeriel, 19, is the only survivor of the shootings. A student at Delaware State University, she was shot near her ear. 
KILLED:Natasha Aeriel's brother, Terrance Aeriel, 18, was among the three other victims who were all fatally shot in the head. He was also a student at Delaware State. 
KILLED:Dashon Harvey, 20, a student at Delaware State, was also killed. Some residents heard gunshots fired and told detectives they saw a group of men running from the school, but couldn't give their description. 
KILLED: Iofemi Hightower, 20, was a friend of the Aeriels and was due to start classes at Delaware State in the fall.  what a horrible tragedy....  we're losing too many of our young people....there won't be any future leaders if WE allow this to continue....
Here's hoping that the outcry about this is 100 million times louder than the hoopla surrounding the dogfighting.....because if it isn't that serves to prove that our priorities are really screwed up..... He was like a cock who thought the sun had risen to hear him crow.
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reneGade20 said
Here's hoping that the outcry about this is 100 million times louder than the hoopla surrounding the dogfighting.....because if it isn't that serves to prove that our priorities are really screwed up..... you know, all the people taking off of work to sit outside and protest dog fighting won't be anywhere near this. we are a country of misguided priorities sometimes  | |
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Fury said: you know, all the people taking off of work to sit outside and protest dog fighting won't be anywhere near this. we are a country of misguided priorities sometimes Sad but true..... The same kind of mess is happening all over the country, but all people seemed focused on is bullshit....the only reason that the dogfighting thing is so big is because its M. Vick involved...everyone seems to be wrapped around the axle about Paris Hilton getting 23 days in jail, while cities around the country are burying their futures.....He was like a cock who thought the sun had risen to hear him crow.
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I read about this on an Israel news website and wonder why it hasn't been mentioned yet. Scary to think of all the crazy thing done in the world. | |
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| This is truly horrible! Proud Memaw to Seyhan Olivia Christine ,Zoey Cirilo Jaylee & Ellie Abigail Lillian  | |
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 There are no words for this. It's just the sort of evil that continues to destroy this world. Those poor kids. It just makes me sick. | |
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If this doesn't put a spotlight on the crisis in our neighborhoods, I don't know what will. These kids were the best & brightest of our community, gunned down for nothing. I hope the MFers who did this give the cops a reason to blow them away.
WFAN radio host Carl Banks made an excellent point this morning. Where are the so-called "leaders" of our community(you know who they are)? They should be standing on the steps of City Hall with Mayor Booker saying 'enough is enough'! | |
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This is terrible . And, yes where is the coverage? I have heard nothing of this.....wonder why?????  Don't take life too seriously, noone gets out alive. | |
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irrisistableB said: This is terrible . And, yes where is the coverage? I have heard nothing of this.....wonder why?????
Because it didn't take place in suburbia. Since it happened in Newark, I guess the attitude is "business as usual". | |
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uPtoWnNY said: irrisistableB said: This is terrible . And, yes where is the coverage? I have heard nothing of this.....wonder why?????
Because it didn't take place in suburbia. Since it happened in Newark, I guess the attitude is "business as usual".  I graduated bitches!!! 12-19-09   | |
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uPtoWnNY said: irrisistableB said: This is terrible . And, yes where is the coverage? I have heard nothing of this.....wonder why?????
Because it didn't take place in suburbia. Since it happened in Newark, I guess the attitude is "business as usual". Yup.
 In spite of the cost of living, it's still popular. |
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To me, losing a generation of kids(regardless of color or class) to senseless violence is a national crisis. It's time to stop bullsh!tting around and declare war on these urban terrorists. Prayers won't help.
And if I don't see Jesse or Al moving on this, I don't want to hear from them ever again. I'm serious. | |
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Of course, news like this
is disgusting.
I had more to say, mostly a rant about how the US would benefit from more readily available and affordable mental health care (not just cheaper medication, but cheaper therapy and not only available to those with "good jobs", etc), but really, this emoticon probably says it best for the GD... 
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Fury said: "Anyone who has children in the city is in panic mode," said Donna Jackson, president of Take Back Our Streets, a community-based organization. "It takes something like this for people to open up their eyes and understand that not every person killed in Newark is a drug dealer." The killings bring Newark's murder total for the year to 60, and put pressure on Mayor Cory A. Booker, who campaigned last year on a promise of reducing crime. Jackson said Booker "doesn't deserve another day, another second, while our children are at stake." Booker said Monday that it was "not a time to play politics and divide our city." A $50,000 reward was being offered for information leading to the arrest of those involved, he said. I wondered if she made that comment when Sharpe James was mayor. Back when newark was considered "the worst city in the US", "the stolen car capital of the world", and when the meaning of the nickname "Brick City" meant the drugs coming in and out of newark were as big as bricks. That heifer needs to shut her mouth before putting blame on someone who is TRYING to change Newark for the better. Instead of putting the blame on Booker, she needs to blame the parents and these so-called Newark residents that dont want to open their mouths and say nothing. This "Stop Snitching" mentality has gotten way out of control. "It's not what they call you, it's what you respond to." - Mabel "Madea" Simmons | |
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one2three said: Fury said: "Anyone who has children in the city is in panic mode," said Donna Jackson, president of Take Back Our Streets, a community-based organization. "It takes something like this for people to open up their eyes and understand that not every person killed in Newark is a drug dealer." The killings bring Newark's murder total for the year to 60, and put pressure on Mayor Cory A. Booker, who campaigned last year on a promise of reducing crime. Jackson said Booker "doesn't deserve another day, another second, while our children are at stake." Booker said Monday that it was "not a time to play politics and divide our city." A $50,000 reward was being offered for information leading to the arrest of those involved, he said. I wondered if she made that comment when Sharpe James was mayor. Back when newark was considered "the worst city in the US", "the stolen car capital of the world", and when the meaning of the nickname "Brick City" meant the drugs coming in and out of newark were as big as bricks. That heifer needs to shut her mouth before putting blame on someone who is TRYING to change Newark for the better. Instead of putting the blame on Booker, she needs to blame the parents and these so-called Newark residents that dont want to open their mouths and say nothing. This "Stop Snitching" mentality has gotten way out of control. its interesting how prison mentality has infiltrated young minds. a couple months ago three boys two 17 and one 18 i beleive, murdered an ice cream man, the kind that you push on the sidewalk, right in front of a customer, a grandfather and his 2year old grandaughter. For some chump change. | |
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They were just babies. They had so much to look forward to especially since they looked like they were on the right path.
My sincere prayers go out to them. MyeternalgrattitudetoPhil&Val.Herman said "We want sweaty truckers at the truck stop! We want cigar puffing men that look like they wanna beat the living daylights out of us" Val"sporking is spooning with benefits" | |
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too sad  | |
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one2three said: I wondered if she made that comment when Sharpe James was mayor. Back when newark was considered "the worst city in the US", "the stolen car capital of the world", and when the meaning of the nickname "Brick City" meant the drugs coming in and out of newark were as big as bricks.
That heifer needs to shut her mouth before putting blame on someone who is TRYING to change Newark for the better. Instead of putting the blame on Booker, she needs to blame the parents and these so-called Newark residents that dont want to open their mouths and say nothing. This "Stop Snitching" mentality has gotten way out of control. You're on point about that crook Sharpe James, but I'd cut the woman a little slack. I'm sure she was speaking out of frustration. This sh!t goes on and on. Last night in Pelham Bay Park(Bronx), two groups of knuckleheads got into it, a gun was drawn, shots rang out, and an innocent bystander was killed - dude was a hard-working family man with two girls. Dead over some B.S. Parents are partly to blame, but inner-city problems go much deeper than that. Where do you start? As for folks not opening their mouths, well these days, if you snitch, you will catch bullets. The sh!t is real. | |
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I grew up with the family of two of the victims, though I haven't seen them in years. It was a shock to realize who the victims were
Just last week, on my block, some people got their cars shot at, supposedly by a gang of drunk youth in a passing car. About two and a half months ago, a teen got shot and killed in the park right behind my house. His body lay out there in full view for hours. From what I heard, he was a gang member in a rival gang's "territory". And just about all of us have had our windows smashed in the past two years. I managed to get the local newspaper to do a report on the situation, but they move on the next story after its published. Follow up? What follow up? We used to do the community meetings with the police 'n stuff. Mainly just a forum for more horror stories... As Gov. Corzine remarked yesterday, it's not just Newark. There's Camden, Asbury Park, Jersey City among others. And let's not even talk about Philly. It's a nationwide epidemic. There are even parts of South and North Carolina that have become war zones. I used to spend summers down there, and the changes are alarming - watching the news down there is the same as watching the news in Newark. Guns, Gangs, Drugs, parents on drugs, irresponsible parents - it's all over. As far as Corey Booker is concerned, he's been apologizing left and right for putting his foot in his mouth regarding his tendency to embellish his stories of "dodging bullets in Newark like Neo from The Matrix" at speaking engagements with rich surburbanites. I think he's moving in the right direction, but when there's been a triple homicide (there were actually other shootings that night as well), the last thing folks wanna hear is how the crime and murder rate is down from the last year (3 less bodies)... Despite the way things are here in the city, cats in the surburbs still leave their cars unlocked (with their valuables inside), leave their homes and windows unlocked, yet react with shock when they're the victims of a crime...I've seen it happen time and time again, and the response is always, "this sort of stuff doesn't happen in our area...". Nowadays, no place is immune from crime. I'm surprised to see this on Prince.org. Just shows that this is a nation wide problem. My author page: https://www.amazon.com/au...eretttruth | |
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uPtoWnNY said: one2three said: I wondered if she made that comment when Sharpe James was mayor. Back when newark was considered "the worst city in the US", "the stolen car capital of the world", and when the meaning of the nickname "Brick City" meant the drugs coming in and out of newark were as big as bricks.
That heifer needs to shut her mouth before putting blame on someone who is TRYING to change Newark for the better. Instead of putting the blame on Booker, she needs to blame the parents and these so-called Newark residents that dont want to open their mouths and say nothing. This "Stop Snitching" mentality has gotten way out of control. You're on point about that crook Sharpe James, but I'd cut the woman a little slack. I'm sure she was speaking out of frustration. This sh!t goes on and on. Last night in Pelham Bay Park(Bronx), two groups of knuckleheads got into it, a gun was drawn, shots rang out, and an innocent bystander was killed - dude was a hard-working family man with two girls. Dead over some B.S. Parents are partly to blame, but inner-city problems go much deeper than that. Where do you start? As for folks not opening their mouths, well these days, if you snitch, you will catch bullets. The sh!t is real. I know its real...Newark are my stomping grounds so I know what goes on. But for her to take her frustrations out on someone who just got into office and is TRYING to fix the monstrosity of a mess that James left is nothing less than idiotic. I know who she is and I dont see doing more than what Booker is doing, so who is she to say that Cory Booker needs to go. He is just one man and instead of speaking against him, she needs to go to him and ask what can her so-called organization can do to help and stand by it. Just because this goes on and on does not justify people not standing up for their community and taking back what is theirs. "It's not what they call you, it's what you respond to." - Mabel "Madea" Simmons | |
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why isn't this being covered on the news? what the fuck?  | |
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evenstar3 said: why isn't this being covered on the news? what the fuck?
Cuz this shit happens all the time in Newark and in Jersey City. In spite of the cost of living, it's still popular. |
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reneGade20 said: Here's hoping that the outcry about this is 100 million times louder than the hoopla surrounding the dogfighting.....because if it isn't that serves to prove that our priorities are really screwed up.....
It should be the same level of "hoopla". Dear United States of America... Please stop allowing your people to "bear arms"... A man can't marry a man but you can buy a gun at the local supermarket. YOU ARE FUCKING STUPID!!! | |
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JesseDezz said: As Gov. Corzine remarked yesterday, it's not just Newark. There's Camden, Asbury Park, Jersey City among others. And let's not even talk about Philly. It's a nationwide epidemic. There are even parts of South and North Carolina that have become war zones. I used to spend summers down there, and the changes are alarming - watching the news down there is the same as watching the news in Newark. Guns, Gangs, Drugs, parents on drugs, irresponsible parents - it's all over. Now, I'm not afraid of much but I am freaking scared of Camden. In spite of the cost of living, it's still popular. |
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Hey, don't we have better things to worry about? Some white miners are trapped in Utah! 2010: Healing the Wounds of the Past.... http://prince.org/msg/8/325740 | |
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Fury said:
The more I see these pictures, the angrier I get. For fuck's sake... Stop normalising violence. There is no good reason to own a gun. | |
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Sweeny79 said: evenstar3 said: why isn't this being covered on the news? what the fuck?
Cuz this shit happens all the time in Newark and in Jersey City. but you know if these kids where white fucking fox news would be all over it. this country makes me sick. | |
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Justin1972UK said: Fury said:
The more I see these pictures, the angrier I get. For fuck's sake... Stop normalising violence. There is no good reason to own a gun. You cannot tell that to americans. Most of us love Guns more than we love God or family. I'm not in that crowd though. 2010: Healing the Wounds of the Past.... http://prince.org/msg/8/325740 | |
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