Teen Arrested In Seaside Shooting

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  SEASIDE PARK – Police charged a 17-year-old with attempted murder for shooting someone. The victim was treated and released from the hospital. The motive of the act was not made public.

  Just before noon on October 27, the Seaside Park Police were called about a shooting in the area of I Street. Witnesses at the scene informed them of what they had seen.

  Meanwhile, the shooting victim was in a car that pulled up alongside a Seaside Heights police cruiser, telling them what had happened.

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  The reports coming in over the police scanner regarding a shooting in Seaside Park and the victim going to Seaside Heights likely contributed to the reports that there were two victims. However, that turned out not to be the case.

  The victim was taken to Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune and later released.

  Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer reported that a 17-year-old juvenile was taken into custody later that night by the Ocean County Regional SWAT Team. The suspect was charged with Attempted Murder; Aggravated Assault; Robbery; Possession of a Weapon For an Unlawful Purpose; and Unlawful Possession of a Weapon.

  Charges are merely accusations until proven in a court of law.

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  Billhimer thanked the law enforcement departments that worked together on the case, including the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office Major Crime Unit, Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office Regional SWAT Team, Seaside Park Police Department, Seaside Heights Police Department, and Ocean County Sheriff’s Office Crime Scene Investigation Unit. 

  “All the officers involved in this investigation worked at breakneck speed to identify and apprehend the individual responsible for this senseless act of violence, for which I am extremely grateful. As I have stated on numerous occasions, this unbridled lawlessness – whether perpetrated by an adult or a juvenile – will not be tolerated in Ocean County,” Prosecutor Billhimer stated.