Prosecutor: 25- and 24-Year-Old Get More than 30 Years in Prison for 2019 Murder

Two men have been sentenced to more than 30 years in prison each for their respective roles in the 2019 shooting murder of a 23-year-old Asbury Park man at the Prospect Avenue basketball courts, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago announced on Thursday.

On Friday Dec. 16, before Monmouth County Superior Court Judge Marc C. Lemieux, Prince D. Young, 25, and Chyrod M. Freeman, 24, both of Asbury Park, were each sentenced to serve their 20 years in a NJ state prison on first-degree aggravated manslaughter charges in connection with the 2019 incident. Those charges are subject to the No Early Release Act (NERA), which requires Young and Freeman to serve 85 percent of their sentences prior to being eligible for parole.

Young was also sentenced to 10 years in prison for first-degree conspiracy to commit murder and 5 years for second-degree unlawful possession of a handgun. Both charges will run concurrently to the aggravated manslaughter sentence.

Freeman was also sentenced to 10 years in prison for second-degree aggravated assault and five years for second-degree unlawful possession of a handgun. Both charges will run concurrently to the aggravated manslaughter charge.

Young and Freeman previously pleaded guilty on January 27 to their roles in the June 2019 shooting death of Jehadje J. McMillian.

Asbury Park police responded to multiple 911 calls reporting shots fired in the 1100 block of Atlantic Avenue in the city around 10:44 p.m. on Friday, June 14, 2019. Police arrived on scene to find McMillian with a gunshot wound, and he was taken to Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune Township, where he was pronounced dead at 12:14 a.m. the following day.

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