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Dec 11, 2025, 5:26 PM

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Authorities have released the names of two men who were killed in a shooting near a Newark recording studio on Wednesday evening.

The shooting happened near Platinum Sound Recording Studio on Clinton Avenue between South 16th and South 17th streets.

The Essex County Prosecutor’s Office says Namir Bynum and Osayuwamen Uyamu, both 20 years old, died in the shooting. Two others suffered injuries that were not considered critical.

Officials say they would take a closer look at Platinum Sound Recording Studio, where it is believed that rap videos are filmed. They say they would like to know if anything else is happening there.

"The city of Newark…they're gonna take a hard look at some of those establishments that exist now, where they show up and they want to make rap videos or videos of some kind or another, when they're making some other kinds of things there at the same time,” said prosecutor Theodore Stephens. “The city of Newar, I think, is gonna look at some policing and perhaps regulating those institutions where some of that activity may go on.”

Authorities are asking anyone with information to contact the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Tips Line at 1-877-TIPS-4EC or 1-877-847-7432. All calls will remain confidential.