Man killed in Plainfield drive-by, police say
By MARK SPIVEY • STAFF WRITER • September 24, 2008
PLAINFIELD —A 31-year-old man was killed in a drive-by shooting in the city Wednesday night, Public Safety Director Martin Hellwig said.
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Plainfield police responded to a report of shots fired near the intersection of Monroe Avenue and West Third Street around 9 p.m., where officers found the victim, a black male, Hellwig said.
The victim, whose town of residence was unclear, remained unidentified late Wednesday night pending notification of his family.
Officials from the Union County Prosecutor’s Office’s newly-formed Homicide Task Force, established just one week ago, were on the scene along with the Union County Sheriff’s Office officials. Investigators are following “numerous leads,” according to Hellwig.
The homicide was the city’s first in more than six months and its third of the year.
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