Killing of Newark imam's son draws fiery reaction from city leaders

[FarCenter]

NEWARK — Two people were killed and three others were wounded when a gunman opened fire on a vehicle parked outside a Newark eatery Tuesday, police said.

The son of one of the city’s most respected Muslim leaders and an unidentified woman were killed in the "targeted" attack, according to Newark Police Director Samuel DeMaio.

Akbar Muhammad, the oldest son of Imam Abdul Akbar Muhammad of Masjid Imam Ali K. Muslim Mosque in Newark, was sitting in the driver’s seat of the vehicle parked on Springfield Avenue when a gunman walked up to the vehicle and started shooting around 11:30 a.m., DeMaio said.

All five victims were inside the vehicle at the time of the shooting, DeMaio said.

Muhammad died at the scene, DeMaio said. He declined to identify the dead woman.

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