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A joint investigation has been launched into the Tuesday afternoon shooting outside Kennedy Fried Chicken and Pizza, located at 1400 Main Street, Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni announced in a written news statement.

An unidentified male victim sustained non life threatening injury to the leg, according to the report.

Asbury Park Police Department responded to a near 4:06 p.m. call to the location that shots had been fired. Officers located a 2017 Nissan Altima, which sustained a single gunshot to the driver’s side door, officials said. A gunshot was also located on a garbage can near the south side of 1400 Main Street.

At approximately 5:35 p.m., the victim, who did not own the vehicle, arrived at the Neptune Township Police Department and was taken to Jersey Shore University Medical Center for treatment.

Anyone with information pertaining to the incident is being asked to contact Det Brian Weisbrot of the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office at 1-800-533-7443 or Det Sean Deshader of the Asbury Park Police Department at 732-774-1300.

For those wishing to remain anonymous, tips can be made via the Monmouth County Crime Stoppers confidential ine at 1-800-671-4400; by texting ‘MONMOUTH’ and the tip to 274637; or emailing via monmouthcountycrimestoppers.com.  

Monmouth County Crime Stoppers will pay up to $5,000 for information leading to the arrest of any criminal or fugitive.

[Photos courtesy of Randy Thompson]

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