Nov. 4 shooting

Asbury Park

Prosecutor finds officer’s bullet grazed girl

Investigation result: undue force was not used, suspect fired first

By Michelle Gladden


Although a ballistics’ test on the bullet that grazed 8-year-old Cassie Jones’ forehead during the Nov. 4 shootout between 20-year-old suspect Dante Allen and second year police officer Terence McGhee was inconclusive, Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni said it is the opinion of his office that the projectile came from the police officer’s […]

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Jan 23, 2016
Asbury Park

Prosecutor releases findings of investigation into Nov. 4 police involved shooting

Witness testimony and video surviellance corroborate police account

By Michelle Gladden


A Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office investigation into the non-fatal shooting of a 20-year-old city resident and an 8-year-old female bystander, hit by a stray bullet inside her home, found that the Asbury Park Police Officers did not use excessive deadly force in their handling of the incident, according to news release issued Wednesday afternoon by […]

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Jan 20, 2016