Police are investigating after a 46-year-old grocery store owner was fatally shot inside his business in Newark Sunday afternoon.
The victim was identified as Rabel Ramos-Gomez, of Belleville.
A law enforcement source tells Eyewitness News that this was not a robbery, but that a car drove up and someone fired shots that went into the store. Everyone hit the floor, and the store owner was the only shot and killed. Family members said bullets from an AK-47 pierced the wall.It is unclear at this time who may have been the intended target.Anyone with information is asked to contact the Essex County Prosecutor's Office tips line at 1-877-TIPS-4EC or 1-877-847-7432.
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