Shaheed Brown's last trial ended in a hung jury in the fall. He's accused of shooting a Ewing man to death two years ago
TRENTON - Jury selection started Monday in the murder retrial of Shaheed Brown, who is accused of shooting a Ewing man to death two years ago.
Shaheed BrownBrown was arrested in Newark in August, 2014, and charged with murder for the shooting death of 20-year-old Enrico Smalley, of Ewing.
Smalley was found with multiple gunshot wounds, lying in the ground outside of LaGuira Bar just a month before Brown's arrest. He was taken to Capital Health Regional Medical Center where he was pronounced dead, authorities have said.
Brown was indicted on murder and weapons charges in the November after his arrest. He pleaded not guilty in January of last year.
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Just a few months after his plea, ballistics tests indicated that the shell casings found at the site of Smalley's killing were linked to an Essex County homicide and two Trenton shootings prior to Smalley.
But the gun was never retrieved and Brown was not issued any further charges.
This will be the second trial for Brown, who was first tried in the fall of last year. That trial ended in a hung jury in October.
There's no word on when the trial and opening statements will begin but jury selection was still underway on Tuesday afternoon.
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