News Update: Summit Residents Pay Their Respects at Mazariego Wake

Family, friends and residents paid their respects to Abelino Mazariego, the 47-year-old who was allegedly beaten to death by several area teenagers July 17, at his wake at Saturday night.

Police were directing traffic and monitoring the situation outside Dangler Funeral Home on Springfield, just a few blocks from the Promenade where Mazariego was allegedly beaten to death by at least three teenagers now in police custody.

Police have charged Khayri Williams-Clark, 18 of Summit, Nigel Dumas, 19 of Morristown, and an unidentified 17-year-old minor with manslaughter in connection with Mazariego's death.

People trickled into Dangler Funeral Home during the first hour of the wake at which Mazariego was laid out in a open-casket. Residents paying their respects included several employees at Doria'sPizzeria and Pasta where Mazariego stopped for a slice of pizza last Saturday night, and several members of common council including Steve Murphy and Tom Getzendanner. In addition, Mayor Jordan Glatt also paid his respects.

Many of the residents paying their respects commented upon exiting about how sad the incident is. Mazariego's death is the first non-domestic homicide in Summit in at least 20 years.

A funeral will be held for Mazariego Monday at 10:45 a.m. at St. Teresa of Avila Church on Morris Avenue and a community memorial service will be held Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. Residents will convene in the parking lot outside city hall, process down Springfield Avenue and finish with a short service on the Village Green.