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One dead, multiple wounded in shooting at Elizabeth vigil

FOX 5 New York's Jessica Formoso reports neighbors' accounts of an annual remembrance gathering interrupted by gunfire, with investigators still seeking suspects.

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0:18Neighbors say gunfire broke out during a vigil; details from the Union County prosecutor are still pending.
2:24A resident describes the vigil as an annual gathering to remember someone who died.
3:13Formoso reports bullet strikes on nearby homes and parked cars.
4:18Authorities examine a damaged red vehicle in Newark to determine whether it is connected.
5:15One person is dead and multiple wounded victims remain hospitalized, with an official update expected.

Neighbors described a gathering held each year to remember someone who had died. This time, gunfire erupted, leaving one person dead and multiple others wounded in Elizabeth, New Jersey, FOX 5 New York reports.

Reporting from the neighborhood, Jessica Formoso relays residents' accounts of repeated shots and a vehicle speeding away immediately afterward. Bullets also struck nearby homes and parked cars. Police were searching for suspects.

"It's quiet around here. It's pretty decent around here. I was definitely not expecting this," one resident tells the reporter. Another explains that the vigil was an annual gathering. Formoso attributes the account of the vigil to neighbors, with further details from the Union County prosecutor still pending.

The report drew nearly 60,000 views in its first 12 hours, an unusually large start for the station's regular videos.

Helicopter footage shows damaged vehicles and the street crime scene. Later, the broadcast turns to a damaged red vehicle in nearby Newark, where authorities were working to determine whether it was connected to the shooting. At the time of Formoso's report, multiple wounded victims remained hospitalized and an official update was expected later that day.

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