Is Daylight Savings Time a factor in Singh’s death?
AB Wire
An Indian-origin man living in Newark, New Jersey, was shot dead while on his way to work, early Sunday morning.
Brunton Bissesar Singh, 55, was walking to work at the Pit Stop gas station on the 400 block of Roseville Avenue shortly before 6 a.m. when the fatal shots rang out, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn A. Murray and Newark Public Safety Director Anthony Ambrose said in a joint statement.
Singh was an hour late to work that day because he had forgotten to change his clocks for Daylight Saving Time.
No arrests have been made, and police have not disclosed information on any potential motive or suspects in the slaying, according to NJ Advance Media. An investigation by the prosecutor’s office’s Major Crimes and Homicide Task Force remains active.
The homicide is the first in Newark since Feb. 21, when a 32-year-old Irvington man was shot and killed in the West Ward. The city’s total for the year stands at 18, according to an NJ Advance Media count.
According to NJ.com, Singh regularly sent money to his family overseas, a friend said. The deceased supported his son and wife in his home country of Trinidad and Tobago, according to Roberto Mendez Spaccavento.
Singh had been a member of Spaccavento’s nutrition club, Health-Figure & Wellness on Roseville Avenue, for several years and had become a close friend. Lacking relatives in the United States, Singh bonded with the club members.
“He has absolutely nobody,” Spaccavento said. “We were his family.”
Singh frequented the nutrition club every day to get a protein shake or a cup of tea and relax in front of the television, Spaccavento said. He said Singh was a popular member of the community.
About 50 of Singh’s friends gathered in front of the nutrition center Sunday evening to remember him, said the report.