Pair arrested in Newark schoolyard slayings

James Harvey, Dashon's father, described his son Monday as "a good, good student, college student."

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"For him to be killed on the streets of Newark needlessly is very unacceptable," he said at a news conference.

"They're out here hurting innocent kids," he added. "Innocent people are dying needlessly, unnecessarily and for what? For what? This to has to stop."