LONG BRANCH – Authorities say a shooting on the NJ Transit station platform Monday evening left one person dead.
At 7:39 p.m., Long Branch police responded to a report of a shooting victim at the NJ Transit Long Branch Station, said Christopher Swendeman, spokesman for the Monmouth County District Attorney’s Office. Upon arrival, officers found a male victim on the platform who was transported to a local hospital, where he was eventually pronounced dead at 8:34 p.m.
According to the NJ Transit website, a train was scheduled to arrive at Long Branch station at 7:41 p.m.
Authorities did not release the victim’s name or hometown or provide any other information about the shooting.
The incident is being jointly investigated by the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office – Major Crimes Bureau, the New Jersey Transit Police and the Long Branch Police Department, Swendeman said. Anyone with information on this matter should contact Detective Aaron Shaw of the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office at 800-533-7443, Detective Brian Lee of the NJ Transit Police at 973-491-8952 or Detective Daniel Cunha of the Long Branch Police Department at 732-222-1000, ext. 1373.
Jenna Calderón covers breaking news and unsolved cases in Monmouth and Ocean counties. Before joining the press, she covered The Queen City for Cincinnati Magazine in Ohio. Reach her at 330-590-3903; [email protected]
