Linden man charged in fatal shooting of another city man in Union County park
A 47-year-old Linden man has been charged with the shooting death of a 29-year-old man in the Roselle section of Warinanco Park last weekend.
Gerald O. Walker has been charged with one count of murder, a first-degree crime; one count of possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose and one count of unlawful possession of a weapon, both second-degree crimes, Union County Prosecutor William A. Daniel and Union County Police Chief Martin Mogensen announced.
Walker turned himself in at the Elizabeth Police Department on Friday and was being held at the Union County Jail pending his first Superior Court, according to the prosecutor's office.
Around 7:51 p.m. May 19, Union County Police received a report of a shooting in the Roselle section of Warinanco Park, a Union County facility. When officers arrived, they located Shakiir Manns, 29, of Linden, who was pronounced dead at the scene, the prosecutor's office said.
The investigation is continuing. Anyone with information is asked to contact Prosecutor’s Office Homicide Task Force Sergeant Keyla Live at 908-370-6793, Detective Alex Lanza at 908-370-4318 or Union County Police Detective Nelson Costa at 862-240-6780.
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