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Second Suspect Surrenders in Newark Killings

Posted Aug 9, 07 1:37 PM CDT in Crime & Courts,  US 

(Newser) – A man Newark's mayor called the "principle suspect" in last weekend's brutal schoolyard murders turned himself in to police this afternoon, the Star Ledger reports. Jose Carranza was picked out of a photo array by the lone survivor of the killing spree several hours after cops arrested a 15-year-old boy whose fingerprints were found at the crime scene.

Carranza, who has three previous arrests, and the teenager are not the only suspects, Mayor Cory Booker said as the investigation gained speed. Three college students were murdered in the Newark schoolyard late Saturday: 19-year-old Natasha Aeriel survived a gunshot to the head before her brother and two other men were walked to a wall and fatally shot.

Source Star-Ledger

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James Harvey, second right, a former city water department employee, holds his fiancee Mary Harris while they listen Monday Aug. 6, 2007, in Newark, N.J., as Newark Mayor Cory A. Booker, left, announces...   (Associated Press)
A technician works on a security camera at Mount Vernon School in Newark, N.J., Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2007. Security cameras overlooking the school's courtyard where three college students were lined up and...   (Associated Press)
A photo provided by family friend Marcia Wynn shows Iofemi Hightower, left, and Terrance Aerial of Newark, N.J., at their 2006 high school prom. Hightower, 20, and Aeriel, 18, are two of three young people...   (Associated Press)
Donna Jackson, president of Take Back Our Streets, a community-based organization, criticizes Mayor Cory A. Booker as she leads a protest in front of City Hall. Newark, N.J., Monday Aug. 6, 2007, in reaction...   (Associated Press)
This photo provided by Newark police at a news conference in Newark, N.J., Thursday, Aug. 9, 2007, shows Jose Carranza, 31, who is wanted in connection with the killings of three college students who...   (Associated Press)
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