Edison man, 57, killed in shooting at Irvington gas station, authorities say.
IRVINGTON --Authorities have identified the man shot to death Monday night at a township gas station as Ashiwin Patel of Edison.
The 57-year-old was an employee at the Getty station, confirmed Essex County Prosecutor's Office spokeswoman Katherine Carter.
The incident occurred shortly before 8 p.m. at the station in the 1,000 block of Stuyvesant Avenue, Carter said. Following the shooting, several members of the Irvington Poice Department could seen investigating at the scene.
Additional details of the shooting were not immediately made available.
An investigation into the killing by the Essex County Prosecutor's Office Homicide Task Force is ongoing, authorities said.
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