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The teen wounded in a Wednesday night shooting along Washington Avenue was transported to an area hospital with non-life threatening injuries, according to written statement from the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office.

Asbury Park Police confirmed the 15-year-old female sustained injuries in front of a home on the 1200 block of Washington Avenue. 

The local police department responded at approximately 11:05 p.m after they heard several gunshots in the immediate area, officials said.

“When officers arrived in the area of the Washington Village Apartment complex on Washington Avenue, they located a 15-year-old female with a gunshot wound to the leg,” according to the statement. “A vehicle located in a driveway was also struck by gunfire and the Washington Village security booth was also struck”

The shooting remains under investigation and officials are asking anyone with information pertaining to the case can contact Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office Detective John Leibfried at (800) 533-7443 or Detective Steven Ramseur of the Asbury Park Police Department at (732) 774-1300.

Anyone with information about this shooting, but who wishes to remain anonymous can contact Monmouth County Crime Stoppers via 1-800-671-4400 or text “MONMOUTH” with the tip to 274637 [CRIMES].

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