Monday, January 1, 2018

No Threat to Public in Long Branch, NJ Shooting

Four family members are dead after a shooting with an assault rifle in Long Branch, New Jersey, law enforcement sources familiar with the investigation tell NBC 4 New York



The sources tell News 4 that a 16-year-old boy of one of the victims is in custody. The teenager is expected to be charged for killing four family members, including mother and grandmother, according to sources. scanner traffic said the incident happened at a Wall Street address that is within the boundaries of West Long Branch, in a residential area off Norwood Avenue.

The prosecutor's office said the shooting was believed to be "an isolated domestic incident" and there was no known threat to the public.

The identity of the other two people killed are a juvenile female and an adult male, but their relationship to the 16-year-old suspect was not clear. 

It also wasn't clear what time the shots rang out, but the Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office tweeted just after 2 Monday morning that there is no threat to the public as they believe it was a domestic incident.  

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