Linden man charged in fatal shooting in Union County park

Lina PortmanMay 25, 2024

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UNION COUNTY – A 47-year-old Linden man has been charged in the shooting death of a 29-year-old man in the Roselle section of Warinanco Park last weekend.

Gerald O. Walker was charged with one count of murder, a first-degree felony; one count of possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose and one count of unlawful possession of a weapon, both second-degree felonies, announced Union County Prosecutor William A. Daniel and Union County Police Chief Martin Mogensen.

Walker turned himself in to the Elizabeth Police Department on Friday and is being held at the Union County Jail awaiting his first appearance in Superior Court scheduled for Sunday.

On May 19, at approximately 7:51 p.m., Union County Police received a report of a shooting in the Roselle section of Warinanco Park, a Union County facility. When officers arrived, they located Shakiir Manns, 29, of Linden, who was pronounced dead at the scene.

Lina Portman

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