Members of the public voiced concerns over the two fatal shootings that occurred in the city during the prior night at a regularly scheduled Asbury Park City Council meeting Wednesday.  The State’s Attorney General’s Office Shooting Response Task Force is investigating the police-involved fatal shooting that occurred near 10:19 pm Tuesday at a multi-unit home […]

Fourth of July Fireworks display in Asbury Park Thursday ended with a reported shooting, Mayor John Moor confirmed.  “I don’t know all the details but there was a shooting,” Moor said via a telephone conversation. “I do know one person was transported to Jersey Shore [University Medical Center].”  Moor said he obtained the information from […]

An unidentified male shooting victim is in stable condition at an area hospital following early Sunday morning reports of shots fired along Langford Street, Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher Gramiccioni announced via written statement Monday afternoon. The Asbury Park Police Department responded near 1:11 a.m. Sunday to the area of 100 Langford street, officials said. Officers […]

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 […]

An Asbury Park man has pleaded guilty to firing into a crowd of people and injuring a 15-year-girl in the leg during a city block party last year, Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni announced Tuesday. Josiphiah Fowlkes, 23, of Washington Avenue was charged with aggravated assault, possession of a handgun for unlawful purpose, and […]

A Broward County, Fla., judge has determined Karon Council of Neptune will be held without bail for his connection in the shooting death of a 10-year-old Asbury Park boy. Council made a first appearance Monday afternoon but will return Tuesday on the matter of extradition. The Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office announced Sunday night that the 18-year-old […]

Police are seeking an 18-year-old Neptune Township man charged Friday for the shooting death of 10-year-old boy Yovanni Banos-Merino, Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni announced in a written statement. “We are seeking the public’s assistance in helping us locate the second individual involved in this horrible crime,” Gramiccioni said. A 16-year-old Neptune Township boy […]

A GoFundMe page has been created to help fund the funeral services for 10-year-old Yovanni Banos-Merino, the victim of a Wednesday night’s shooting at a Ridge Avenue home.  The boy’s mother Lilia Merino, 38, also sustained injuries but was treated and released from Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune Township, officials have said. The […]

The victims of the Wednesday night shooting in Asbury Park were identified by Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni via a written statement Friday. Yovanni Banos-Merino, 10, died from a gunshot wound he sustained Wednesday evening at his Ridge Avenue home, officials said. His mother, Lilia Merino, 38, also sustained injuries but was treated and […]

A Neptune Township teen was arrested and charged Thursday for his role in the shooting death of a child and wounding of the victim’s mother in Asbury Park overnight, announced Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni. The juvenile is charged with murder, conspiracy to commit murder, aggravated assault, unlawful possession of a weapon, and possession […]