Police Investigate Murder in Central Jersey Suburb

The Ocean County Prosector's Office and Manchester Police confirm that a murder took place on June 27.

Police received a call at approximately 4:55 pm about a possible gunshot victim.

Police arrived on the scene at Ridgeway Road and Hope Chapel Road and found a 25-year-old woman with a gunshot wound to her stomach.

The woman was airlifted to Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune where she died a short time later.

Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer released a statement saying,

This incident is currently under investigation by the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office Major Crime Unit, Manchester Township Police Department, and Ocean County Sheriff’s Office Crime Scene Investigation Unit; there is no known danger to the public at this time. Additional information will be released when it becomes available