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Arrest made, more expected in mass shooting at N.J. house party that killed 2, officials say (felon with illegal gun means more gun laws needed, according to Murphy)
NJ.com ^

Posted on 05/24/2021 8:50:31 AM PDT by dead

One man has been charged with firearms violations in the shooting that killed two people and wounded 12 at a house party Saturday night in Fairfield Township, authorities announced Monday morning.

More arrests and charges in the case are expected, local and state authorities said at a Monday morning press event led by Gov. Phil Murphy.

Kevin K. Dawkins, 36, who lives on Commerce Street, the same street where the party took place, is charged with four gun crimes, one that accuses him of possessing a firearm as a convicted felon, Cumberland County Prosecutor Jennifer Webb-McRae said.

“This was a targeted attack,” Attorney General Gurbir Grewal said. Investigators recovered multiple firearms at the scene.

He identified the two victims who died as Asia Hester, 25, and Kevin Elliot, 30.

Grewal, Webb-McRae and State Police Superintendent Col. Patrick Callahan declined to elaborate on the investigation, discuss a possible motive or say if gangs were suspected in the incident....

While his administration has enacted more and strong gun safety laws, and said New Jersey is a leader in the effort, Murphy said “but, and it’s a big but, this is a nation awash in guns, and we are not immune as was proved two nights ago.”

“There are still too many people with easy access to guns who should never even have access to a gun,” Murphy said.

(Excerpt) Read more at nj.com ...


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1 posted on 05/24/2021 8:50:31 AM PDT by dead
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To: dead

Must I really care about “house party” kills in my later years?


2 posted on 05/24/2021 8:53:28 AM PDT by samadams2000 (Get your houses in order.)
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To: dead

Go ahead . . . guess . . .

gotta look?

c’mon man, gotta look to be sure, right?

you’re raaaaaaacist if you say anything, right?

/s


3 posted on 05/24/2021 8:54:37 AM PDT by Macoozie (Handcuffs and Orange Jumpsuitss)
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To: dead

Shooting at a persons of color party with violent offenders there. A shooting is followed by more shootings.

Then government calls for an innocent family sitting at home together in their house hundreds of miles away to give up their defensive arms. This will somehow magically cause the urban black on black shootings to come to an end.

Oh yeah??


4 posted on 05/24/2021 8:54:53 AM PDT by frank ballenger (You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
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To: dead

They’re not saying White so lets guess


5 posted on 05/24/2021 8:55:04 AM PDT by butlerweave
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To: butlerweave

Mug shots of Kevin Dawkins shows you are right.

Someone in the neighborhood said they wondered if there were fireworks but also could it be a gunshot?

Old joke told by people in the City of Detroit:

In other places someone hears a loud bang and they rush to the window to see what’s happening.
In Detroit, everybody immediately just hits the floor.


6 posted on 05/24/2021 9:01:39 AM PDT by frank ballenger (You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
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To: dead

Leftist politicians don’t want to address the human element and actual cause of violence. They can pretend they are taking action for the dullards and the media. All the while really intending to ultimately take control of the population.


7 posted on 05/24/2021 9:03:27 AM PDT by Clean_Sweep
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To: dead

“While his administration has enacted more and strong gun safety laws, and said New Jersey is a leader in the effort, Murphy said “but, and it’s a big but, this is a nation awash in guns, and we are not immune as was proved two nights ago.”

This whole article was heading directly to this statement and it is so totally covertly profound that it defies prove of the failure. If they are the leaders in gun law creation, and the same thing happens there that is happening all over the country, then what are they leading? If you are failing at your job of protecting the people you expect to follow the law for their protection, you are not doing something right. So if not killing the criminal is not getting it done, then it may be time to reconsider the theory. It ain’t working, Matilda, and that’s why a number of states are going back open carry without a need for a CCL. They didn’t have this high a crime rate in the 1880’s. They are expecting people to respect the law that doesn’t apply to them and forgetting the safety of those it does. Pretty obvious.

wy69


8 posted on 05/24/2021 9:03:58 AM PDT by whitney69
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Well, round up and incarcerate career criminals, yah pack of idiots in charge. It is always a few %age of losers that commit 80+% or the crime. Keep them in jail for life, or until they are so doddering they couldn’t hurt anyone. Get Covid in Jail? Good. Hope it hurts.


9 posted on 05/24/2021 9:04:07 AM PDT by bobbo666 (Baizuo)
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To: dead

Maybe New Jersey needs even stricter Gun Control laws to stop guns from going crazy and running around killing people.....

Like the ones that work so well in Chi-Congo.....


10 posted on 05/24/2021 9:07:26 AM PDT by Vlad The Inhaler (Terror is a political weapon, and its purpose is to force capitulation. — Adolf Hitler,)
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...his administration has enacted more and strong gun safety laws, and said New Jersey is a leader in the effort...

Well, apparently the "efforts" do no work. But sure, let's try more of the same...

Seriously. A criminal is already violating a dozen or more laws. Can Mr. Murphy explain *exactly* how having more laws on the books for the criminals to ignore and break are supposed to magically prevent this kind of thing? He can't. There is no logic, no reason behind it. The push for more "gun control" has nothing to do with public safety and everything to do with power and control.

11 posted on 05/24/2021 9:07:31 AM PDT by ThunderSleeps (Biden/Harris - illegitimate and everyone knows it.)
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To: butlerweave

Amish.


12 posted on 05/24/2021 9:09:45 AM PDT by AbolishCSEU (Amount of "child" support paid is inversely proportionate tfo mother's actual parenting of children)
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To: dead

Do I have to look or can I make an educated guess?


13 posted on 05/24/2021 9:12:15 AM PDT by GeorgiaDawg32
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To: Macoozie


14 posted on 05/24/2021 9:12:30 AM PDT by Vlad The Inhaler (Terror is a political weapon, and its purpose is to force capitulation. — Adolf Hitler,)
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To: butlerweave

Obviously mr. Watson did not know he was violating the gun law.


15 posted on 05/24/2021 9:16:08 AM PDT by Vehmgericht
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To: Macoozie

.....”....felon with an illegal gun....”
there is no such thing as an “illegal gun”.....yes, a convicted felon in possession of a firearm has done so illegally, but the gun itself is not “illegal”.....let’s say I own a cherished Beretta 92FS which in and of itself is not illegal...but it gets stolen and the person who stole it now has it “illegally”....there is a big distiction here....


16 posted on 05/24/2021 9:17:33 AM PDT by TokarevM57
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To: Clean_Sweep

Leftist politicians don’t want to address the human element and actual cause of violence.


You are right of course. For them to do so would be political suicide. There is little ‘gun violence’, a dropped gun going off could be called ‘gun violence’. There is plenty of ‘human violence’ and a sizable percentage of it can be traced to roughly 6% of the population. Everyone knows this to be true.


17 posted on 05/24/2021 9:19:55 AM PDT by hanamizu
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To: dead

What is wrong with the officials who say that a felon in posession of an illegal gun shows that more gun laws are needed? That soes not make any sense at all. He is a felon. By past laws, he is not able to have a gun in his posession. How are more laws going to help?


18 posted on 05/24/2021 9:23:03 AM PDT by maxwellsmart_agent
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To: TokarevM57

.let’s say I own a cherished Beretta 92FS which in and of itself is not illegal...but it gets stolen and the person who stole it now has it “illegally”....there is a big distiction here....
= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =
Next thing you will expect the ‘experts’ to differentiate between
died FROM BeerFlu and
died WITH Beerflu.

certainly hope the sarc tag isn’t necessary<: <: <:


19 posted on 05/24/2021 9:28:05 AM PDT by xrmusn (6/98 "Message to GOP "GO FUnd YOURSELF")
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To: dead

Can I take a Wild a$$ guess?...................


20 posted on 05/24/2021 9:29:15 AM PDT by Red Badger (Jesus said there is no marriage in Heaven. That's why they call it Heaven.....................)
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