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Somerville Gunshot Victim Calls Franklin Police For Aid, One Man Charged

October 27, 2017 Crime News

Azikwa D. Rustin. Photo: Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office.

A Somerville man faces attempted murder and other charges in an incident that started in Somerville and spread into Franklin Township.

Azikwa D. Rustin, 30, faces multiple charges in the incident in which a 26-year-old Easton, Pa. man was reportedly shot while sitting in his car near Third and Center streets in Somerville, according to a press release from the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office.

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