Booker hit for high-profile Senate bid while Newark besieged by killings

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Booker hit for high-profile Senate bid while Newark besieged by killings

Newark Democratic Mayor Cory Booker is facing pressure to focus his attention on his crime-challenged city instead of his Senate bid, following a string of 10 homicides in 10 straight days that ended Thursday.

The most recent killing occurred Wednesday when a 14-year-old boy was gunned down in the courtyard of Newark's Riverview Terrace housing.

Booker, whose popularity and national prominence are largely the result of his high-profile efforts to clean up the city, has announced a new anti-crime initiative that includes police overtime and a plan to send officers into sections of the city notorious for gun violence.

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