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New Jersey: Toms River Anchorage Square Shopping Center Shooting Leaves 1 dead, 2 wounded Critically

Authorities say gunfire at a New Jersey shopping center left one person dead and two other people wounded, one critically.



Police in Toms River Township responded at about 1:20 a.m. Saturday and found three people with gunshot wounds near Anchorage Square Plaza.


Ocean County prosecutors said a 29-year-old man was pronounced dead at Community Medical Center in Toms River. Another 29-year-old man was listed in critical but stable condition at a Monmouth County hospital and a 25-year-old was treated and released.


A New Jersey shopping center shooting has left one person dead. Two other people were injured in the shooting, one critically.


No arrests were immediately announced. WCAU-TV reported that investigators placed dozens of evidence markers in the parking lot of the shopping center and investigators could be seen going in and out of a hookah lounge that appeared to have a window blown out.


Anyone with information was asked to call Toms River police or county prosecutors.

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