Julius Gaines, 56, of Newark was charged with first-degree murder and weapons offenses after he allegedly fatally stabbed Rodney J. Mayes, 56, also of Newark in a ShopRite parking lot on Springfield Avenue Monday.

A fatal stabbing took place in the parking lot of a ShopRite supermarket in Essex County on Monday night, authorities say. The stabbing – which took place in Newark – claimed the life of an East Orange resident,

Police are investigating after a man was fatally stabbed during an argument in the parking lot of a ShopRite in New Jersey Monday night.

The 56-year-old was in a verbal dispute with another man before he was stabbed outside the ShopRite, prosecutors said.

A 56-year-old East Orange man was fatally stabbed at a ShopRite parking lot in Newark on the evening of Monday, Jan. 27, authorities said.At 7:17 p.m, police responded to 206 Springfield Ave. and found Rodney Mayes stabbed after a verbal