A Monmouth County teen has been arrested and charged with attempted murder and related charges in connection with an August shooting, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago announced Tuesday.  

Nazzir Wallace, 18, of Asbury Park, has been charged with first-degree attempted murder, three second-degree weapons offenses, two third-degree drug offenses, fourth-degree eluding, fourth-degree obstruction of justice, a fourth-degree weapons offense, and resisting arrest, a disorderly persons offense.   

 

The case background …

At approximately 11 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 30, Asbury Park police responded to the 100 block of Memorial Drive on a report of shots fired. Minutes later, authorities were notified that an adult male with a gunshot injury had been admitted to a nearby local hospital.  

An investigation involving members of the MCPO Major Crimes Bureau and the Asbury Park Police Department resulted in Wallace being identified as a suspect. 

He was arrested in Asbury Park late last week following a brief pursuit, after which he was found to be in possession of a loaded firearm, cocaine and heroin. Wallace was then lodged in the Monmouth County Correctional Institution (MCCI) pending future proceedings in Monmouth County Superior Court.  

— Edited press release from the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office

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