Jose Carranza, who is charged with killing three college students and wounding a fourth, stands in state Superior Court in Newark, N.J., during an appearance Friday, Aug. 10, 2007. Carranza pleaded not guilty to the crimes.
Shalga Hightower, right, mother of Iofemi Hightower, one of three college students killed by a gunman, is comforted in court by friends, as Jose Carranza, unseen, who is charged with the three murders and wounding a fourth person, appears in state Superior Court in Newark, N.J., Friday, Aug. 10, 2007. Carranza pleaded not guilty to the crimes.
Newark Mayor Cory Booker, left, with Essex County Prosecutor Paula Dow, right, announces at a news conference in Newark, N.J., Thursday, Aug. 9, 2007 the arrest of an unidentified 15-year-old Newark male in connection with the killings of three college students who were lined up and fatally shot Saturday, Aug 4.
A police wanted poster is displayed at a news conference in Newark, N.J., Thursday, Aug. 9, 2007. Newark Mayor Cory Booker announced the arrest of an unidentified 15-year-old Newark male in connection with the killings of three college students who were lined up and fatally shot. Police were looking for Jose Carranza of Newark, pictured in the poster, in connection to the killings. Carranza later surrendered to police.
Natasha Aeriel, 19, bottom right, survived a wound to her head. The other three victims of the execution-style shootings in a Newark, N.J. schoolyard -- Aeriel's brother, Terrance Aeriel, 18, bottom left, Dashon Harvey, 20; and Iofemi Hightower, 20, top left -- were forced to kneel against a wall and were shot fatally at close range.
Rachel Ramirez breaks down at an impromptu memorial in Newark, N.J., Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2007, for three young people who were shot and killed near an elementary school in Newark Saturday night. Ramirez said she had attended school with two of the victims.
Ray Dash, right, and Ghanne Rahman video tape the wall outside an elementary school in Newark, N.J., Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2007, where three people were shot and killed Saturday. A woman who was with the three was shot but survived. All four of the victims, Terrance Aeriel, 18, Iofemi Hightower, 20, and Dashon Harvey, 20, who were killed and Aeriel's 19-year-old sister, Natasha, who survived, lived in Newark.
A group of teachers from Newark Regional Day Care Center join hands behind an elementary school in Newark, N.J., Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2007, at an impromptu memorial for three young people who were shot and killed at the scene Saturday night. A woman who was with the three was shot but survived and is in stable condition. All four of the victims lived in Newark and were to attend Delaware State University this fall.
Dashon Harvey, one of three young people who were shot and killed in Newark, N.J., on Saturday, Aug. 4, 2007 is seen in an undated photo which is part of an impromptu memorial at an elementary school near the scene of the shooting in Newark, N.J., Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2007.
Dashon Harvey's grandmother Dorothy Harvey, right, is hugged by his father, James Harvey, a former city water department employee, while they listen Monday, Aug. 6, 2007, in Newark, N.J., as Newark Mayor Cory A. Booker announces that a $50,000 reward was being offered for information leading to the arrest of those involved in the execution-style shooting late Saturday night in a schoolyard.
Family friend Cathy Rainey, left, holds up a 2006 photograph in Newark, N.J., Monday Aug. 6, 2007, of Iofemi Hightower, 20, and Terrance Aeriel, 18, as Shalga Hightower, right, talks about her daughter, Iofemi, who was killed, along with Terrance Aeriel in an execution-style shooting of four young friends in a schoolyard late Saturday night.
Police investigators talk near a field in the back of the Mount Vernon School in Newark, N.J., early Monday, Aug. 6, 2007, as they investigate an execution-style shooting of four young friends in the schoolyard late Saturday night.
Police investigators talk near the yard of the Mount Vernon School in Newark, N.J., Monday Aug. 6, 2007, as they investigate an execution-style shooting of four young friends in the schoolyard late Saturday night.