NBC New York
JERSEY CITY, N.J. — The son of the fire chief of a New Jersey city was shot and killed in a robbery early Thursday, the man’s family says.
Hudson County prosecutors say that Darcell Rivers, 35, was shot in the head on Fulton Avenue in Jersey City at about 3:45 a.m. Rivers, who was living in Providence, Rhode Island, and was in town for a visit, was taken to the hospital, where he died.
Rivers is the son of Jersey City Fire Chief Darren Rivers. The fire chief told NBC 4 New York that his son told his girlfriend, “I think I am being robbed” on the phone just before he was killed.
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