NJ man accused of killing 5 people, including couple on day of engagement party, in 2 months

NJ man accused of killing engaged couple, 3 others

JERSEY CITY, N.J. — A man accused of killing a Jersey City, N.J., couple on the day of their engagement party has been charged with three other killings in the city.

Shiquan (sheh-KWAHN’) Bellamy and two women had been charged in the Easter killings of the engaged couple, 27-year-old Michael Muchiaki and 25-year-old Nia Haqq.

On Monday, the 19-year-old Bellamy was charged in the Feb. 2 felony murders of cousins Mileak Richardson and Lester “Bleek” Thompson. He also was charged with killing Lamonte Wright on March 27.

Hudson County prosecutor Edward DeFazio says it’s “beyond humanity that one young man can be charged with causing this much destruction of human life.”

Bellamy is being held on $6 million bail. On Tuesday, he pleaded not guilty to the killings.

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JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) — A man accused of killing a Jersey City, N.J., couple on the day of their engagement party has been charged with 3 other killings in the city.

Shiquan Bellamy and two women had been charged in the Easter killings of the engaged couple, 27-year-old Michael Muchiaki and 25-year-old Nia Haqq.

On Monday, the 19-year-old Bellamy was charged in the Feb. 2 felony murders of cousins Mileak Richardson and Lester “Bleek” Thompson. He also was charged with killing Lamonte Wright on March 27.

Hudson County Prosecutor Edward DeFazio says it’s “beyond humanity that one young man can be charged with causing this much destruction of human life.”

Bellamy is being held on $6 million bail. On Tuesday, he pleaded not guilty to the killings.