Rutgers police say Bloomfield, Newark residents face charges after incident Friday at Livingston Campus parking lot.
Rutgers police are investigating an aggravated assault reportedly involving a man shooting at a parked car in Lot 103 on the school's Livingston Campus on Friday, Sept. 24, 2016. ((Spencer Kent | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com))
Josaih C. Agbo, 22, of Bloomfield, was charged with simple assault, unlawful possession of a weapon, and possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, Rutgers University Police Chief Kenneth Cop said in a statement. Another man, Malcolm V. Webb, 22, of Newark, was charged with simple assault.
The arrests came after witnesses reported one man armed with a handgun and another man toting a machete were involved in a dispute shortly before 5 p.m. Friday in Lot 103 of the Piscataway campus. Police said a shot was reportedly fired at a parked car in the lot.
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"Two suspects, unaffiliated with Rutgers but connected to the altercation in the lot have been arrested and charged by the Rutgers University Police Department," Cop said in an email alert.
There were no injuries in the dispute, a Rutgers spokesman previously said. Authorities did not immediately release further details of the incident.
In the alert, Cop said his department and the Middlesex County Prosecutor's Office were continuing to investigate the dispute and anyone with information was asked to call detectives at (848) 932-8025.
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