An investigation is ongoing, police say, after a 17-year-old boy was shot in the face at the Ocean County Mall on Wednesday.
Police in Ocean County, New Jersey say an investigation is ongoing after a 17-year-old boy was shot in the face at the Ocean County Mall in Toms River Township on Wednesday.Law enforcement officials are on the hunt for a shooter who, police say, shot a teen in the face in an altercation at the Ocean County Mall on Wednesday night before fleeing the scene.
According to police, the incident happened at about 8:10 p.m. on Wednesday when police officers were called to the Ocean County Mall, on Hooper Avenue in Toms River Township, to find a 17-year-old boy who had been shot in the face.Follow up investigation found that the boy was struck after he was seated in a common area of the mall and was confronted by an individual. After that confrontation, police said the individual -- who police did not immediately provide additional identifying information on -- walked away from the victim before stopping and turning back. The individual then produced a firearm and fired several shots at the victim, striking the boy once in the face, officials said. “This appears to be a targeted shooting, and there is no known danger to the public at this time,” Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley Billhimer said in a statement. “This incident is currently under investigation by the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office Major Crime Unit, Toms River Township Police Department, and Ocean County Sheriff’s Office Crime Scene Investigation Unit."Billhimer said new information will be released"at the appropriate time."Police are asking anyone who may have information on this shooting to contact the Sergeant Denis Mitchell of the Ocean County Prosecutor's Office at 732-929-2027, extension 2746.
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