Brick Homicide Victim Identified

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  BRICK – Authorities has identified the victim of a recent homicide as Brick resident Mark Richard Austin.

  Austin, 55, fell victim to a homicide which occurred on September 7 on Acorn Drive in Brick Township, announced Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer and Brick Township Chief of Police James Riccio.

  Anyone with information on the incident should contact Detective John Murphy of the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office Major Crime Unit at 732-929-2027 or Detective Mark Byrne of the Brick Township Police Department at 732-262-1117.