Editor, Asbury Park Sun, In recent months we have had demonstrations and public unrest over the deaths of Michael Brown, Trayvon Martin, Tamir Rice, Renisha McBride, Jordan Davis and Eric Garner. All of the victims were African American. Their killers were not black — so much for black on black crime. Five were killed by gunfire […]

Local law enforcement have ramped up their efforts in response to the recent uptick in gun violence within Asbury Park. Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni [shown above, at far right] held a press conference Wednesday to outline the concentrated efforts made by his office, Asbury Park Police, Neptune Police and the Monmouth County Sheriff’s office. […]

Fed up with the recent spate of gun violence in the city, Asbury Park residents gathered Monday evening to voice their frustrations at a rally on the west side of the city. At the rally, Rev. Kevin Nunn unveiled a campaign to begin a “Stop the Violence” chapter in Asbury Park. Stop the Violence has chapters […]

In the wake of Friday’s fatal shooting incident in the city, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Barbara Buono visited Asbury Park to denounce Governor Christie’s veto of several gun-control measures. Standing in an empty lot on Washington Avenue, the same street 20-year-old Tyrell Howard was fatally shot Friday night, Buono called Christie’s gun-control measures a “hollow” attempt at gun […]

An Asbury Park man was sentenced today to 18 years in state prison after he was found guilty last month of weapons offenses, Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni announced in a prepared release. From the release: Dawud Greene, 27, was sentenced Friday to 15 years in a New Jersey state prison by Monmouth […]

A local man was charged with attempted murder and related weapons offenses for the March shooting of a man in Neptune Township, acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni has announced. Eli Dennis, 23, of Washington Avenue in Asbury Park, was charged on Friday with attempted murder, possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, […]

The Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office has released the names of the two victims of last night’s shooting. One of the men has died, while the other remains in the hospital. Orlando Rowe, 30, of Bridgeport, Conn., was pronounced dead due to multiple gunshot wounds at 9 p.m., about 90 minutes after the shooting occurred, said […]

A Freehold man attempted to rob a city restaurant using a gun that was filled with blanks last week, Asbury Park Police Captain Anthony Salerno said. On April 12, a man entered Jade’s Garden Chinese Restaurant, at 410 Main St. between Summerfield and Bangs avenues, and pointed a silver handgun at an employee, demanding cash […]

City leaders will come together for a press conference this afternoon regarding the shooting death of Donte Kelly earlier this week. Government officials, members of the local clergy and other community leaders will attend the conference, which begins at 2 p.m. in the main lobby of City Hall, Police Chief Mark Kinmon said today. “We […]

The victim of a shooting was found on a porch in Asbury Park early Sunday morning, according to Charles Webster, the communications officer for the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office. An Asbury Park police officer was patrolling the area of the 1500 block of Sewall Avenue, between Prospect and Ridge avenues, when he heard shots fired, […]