Twenty year old killed by gunfire Friday night
Multiple shots fired in incident, no evidence of gang involvement
A 20 year old Asbury Park man was shot and killed in the city on Friday night in an incident involving “multiple shots fired,” Assistant Monmouth County Prosecutor Marc LeMieux said today.
Tyrell Howard, Asbury Park Village, was hit by gunfire at approximately 10:16 p.m., while he was outside on Washington Avenue, said LeMieux.
Howard was taken to Jersey Shore Medical Center, Neptune, where he was pronounced dead, he said.
There is “no evidence at this time that the incident is gang-related or gang-afilliated,” LeMieux said.
The medical examiner still needs to conduct an autopsy to determine the cause and manner of death, he said. LeMieux declined to state what part of Howard’s body was hit by the gunfire.
[UPDATE: Autopsy has been completed and the incident is declared a homicide. Click here for updated information.]
Anyone with information regarding this case is asked to call Det. Richard Chapman of the Monmouth County Prosecutors Office at 732-803-5380 or Det. Gabe Carasquilo of the Asbury Park Police Department at 732-502-4534.
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