TWO JERSEY CITY MEN CHARGED IN FATAL JERSEY CITY SHOOTING THAT KILLED TWO MEN AND INJURED FOUR OTHER PEOPLE
" Cooleone McNeil & Omire Rios-Williams Have Been Charged In Connection With The Friday, May 21, 2021 Fatal Shooting That Occurred At Crescent Avenue & Brinkerhoff Street In Jersey City, New Jersey."
August 6, 2021 By Art Fletcher Reporting For: Englebrook Independent News,
JERSEY CITY, NJ.- On Friday, August 6, 2021 Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez announced that The Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide Unit has Charged Two Suspects in the Friday, May 21, 2021 Fatal Shooting that left two Jersey City men dead and four other people injured on Crescent Avenue and Brinkerhoff Street in Jersey City, New Jersey.
Cooleone McNeil, 21, of Jersey City, New Jersey was apprehended and arrested on Thursday, August 5, 2021, shortly after 4:30 p.m. by members of the United States Marshals Service New York/New Jersey Regional Fugitive Task Force, Hudson County Team at 651 Kapkowski Road, Elizabeth, New Jersey AMC Jersey Gardens 20 without incident.
McNeil has been charged with Two Counts of First Degree Murder; First Degree Conspiracy to Commit Murder; Four Counts of First Degree Attempted Murder; Two Counts of Second Degree Unlawful Possession of a Weapon (handgun); and Second Degree Possession of a Weapon (handgun) for Unlawful Purposes.
A second suspect in the shooting, Omire Rios-Williams, who is already detained pending trial at the Hudson County Correctional Center in Kearny for the May 3, 2021 Murder of Emmanuel Garcia, was also charged Thursday night.
Rios-Williams, 19, of Jersey City, New Jersey has been Charged with Two Counts of First Degree Murder; First Degree Conspiracy to Commit Murder; Four Counts of First Degree Attempted Murder; Two Counts of Second Degree Unlawful Possession of a Weapon (handgun); and Second Degree Possession of a Weapon (handgun) for Unlawful Purposes.
On Friday, May 21, 2021, shortly before 11:00 p.m., the Jersey City Police Department received multiple reports of gunshots fired in the area of Crescent Avenue and Brinkerhoff Street in Jersey City. Police Officers responded to the area and found a total of six victims of gunshot wounds. Two of the victims suffered fatal injuries. All of the victims are Jersey City, New Jersey residents.
Upon arrival, Police Officers found an unresponsive male in a vehicle in the area of Crescent Avenue and Brinkerhoff Street with a gunshot wound to the torso. The male, later identified as Randolph Black Jr., 25, was transported by Emergency Medical Services to Jersey City Medical Center where he succumbed to his injury and was pronounced deceased at approximately 11:15 p.m.
Officers also found a second unresponsive male at the corner of Crescent Avenue and Brinkerhoff Street with multiple gunshot wounds to his torso and extremities. The male, later identified as Jason Crutcher, 26, was treated at the scene before being transported by Emergency Medical Services to Jersey City Medical Center, where he succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced deceased at approximately 11:50 p.m.
A third male, 26, was found in the area of 55 Crescent Avenue with multiple gunshot wounds to his upper torso. A fourth victim, age 25, was found with multiple gunshot wounds to his lower torso and a lower extremity. They were both treated at the scene before being transported by Emergency Medical Services to Jersey City Medical Center for treatment.
A fifth male, 35, suffered a gunshot wound to an upper extremity. He was transported privately to Jersey City Medical Center where he was treated for his injuries.
A female victim, 20, was found inside a business located at 110 Monticello Avenue where she was being treated for multiple gunshot wounds. She was transported by Emergency Medical Services to Jersey City Medical Center where she was treated for her injuries.
Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez credited the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide Unit, the Jersey City Police Department, and the U.S. Marshals Service New York/New Jersey Regional Fugitive Task Force, Hudson County Team for the investigation and arrests.
" The Rules Of The Court Require Us To Include A Statement, Which States: The Charges Are Merely Accusations And The Defendant And Or Defendants Are Presumed Innocent Unless And Until Proven Guilty Beyond Reasonable Doubt."
FILED UNDER AUGUST 6, 2021: LAW, HUDSON: