OCEAN COUNTY AUTHORITIES ARE INVESTIGATING A STABBING WHICH OCCURRED MONDAY AFTERNOON JULY 26, 2021
" Brick Township Police Department & Ocean County Prosecutor's Office Is Investigating A Stabbing Incident Occurring In The Shoprite Parking Lot Monday Afternoon."
July 27, 2021 By Art Fletcher Reporting For: Englebrook Independent News,
BRICK TOWNSHIP,NJ.- On Tuesday, July 27, 2021 Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer and Brick Township Chief of Police James Riccio announced that on Monday, July 26, 2021, at approximately 4:00 p.m., Members of Brick Township Police responded to the parking lot of the ShopRite on Route 70 in Brick in reference to a male victim that had been stabbed in the parking lot.
Upon arrival, Police Officers found a 44-year-old male victim with apparent stab wounds to his back. The victim was transported to Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune for treatment of his injuries where he is reported to be in critical but stable condition.
Prosecutor Billhimer and Chief Riccio would like to stress that this is an active and ongoing investigation by the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office Major Crime Unit, Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office High Tech Crime Unit, Brick Township Police Department and the Ocean County Sheriff’s Office Crime Scene Investigation Unit.
“There is no danger to the public at this time, our investigation indicates this was a targeted attack against the victim,” Prosecutor Billhimer stated. “We will release more information as it becomes available,” Prosecutor Billhimer concluded.
Anyone in possession of information related to this investigation is urged to contact Detective Lindsay Woodfield of the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office at 732-929-2027, extension 3989, or Detective Michael Bennett of the Brick Township Police Department at 732-262-1122.
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