Murder - Courier - Shaun 'Wafi' Long arrested in murder of Antwine McAllister

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Inmate charged in fatal Plainfield shooting
23-year-old Antwine McAllister was the city's first homicide victim this year

By CHAD WEIHRAUCH
Staff Writer

PLAINFIELD -- Police have charged a city resident already in jail with the killing of another Plainfield man earlier this year.

Shaun "Wafi" Long, 26, of 149 Carlisle Terrace was being held Friday at Somerset County Jail in Somerville on unrelated drug offenses when he was served with papers charging him with murder, unlawful possession of a weapon and possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose.

Long is accused of shooting to death 23-year-old Antwine McAllister, who was gunned down about 9:30 a.m. Feb. 16 on East Sixth Street, about two blocks from Plainfield City Hall.

McAllister was a father of twin sons and had worked at the Super Stop & Shop in the Watchung Square Mall.

Family members said he also had planned to begin classes at Union County College in the fall before he became the first homicide victim in Plainfield this year.

In addition to the murder charge, Long was charged with the Dec. 24 attempted murder of another Plainfield resident, Kyle Brooks. Long fired a handgun at Brooks that day near the corner of Berckman and East Second streets, police said.

An officer at Somerset County Jail said Long was being held on $15,000 bail for the original charges against him, conspiracy and possession of a controlled dangerous substance. But court papers from Union County ordered him held without bail on the additional counts.

Plainfield police Chief Edward Santiago credited Detective John Furda and a Union County Prosecutor's Office investigator, Jorge Jimenez, for uncovering evidence that led to the charges against Long.

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