Man Charged With Asbury Park Shooting

ASBURY PARK, NJ — A Neptune Township man charged with a shooting that took place in Asbury Park earlier this year has been located and arrested, Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Lori Linskey announced Tuesday.

Stephon Keys, 29, is charged with first-degree attempted murder and several related weapons offenses.

Minutes after midnight on Sunday, February 27, members of the Asbury Park Police Department responded to the Washington Village housing complex on the 1300 block of Washington Avenue on a report of a shooting.

There, they found a single adult man, who was transported to Jersey Shore University Medical Center for treatment of injuries deemed not to be life-threatening.

An extensive investigation by members of the Prosecutor’s Office Major Crimes Bureau and the Asbury Park Police Department resulted in Keys being identified as a suspect, and charges against him were filed last week.

He was apprehended with the assistance of the U.S. Marshals Service without incident Tuesday morning.

Anyone with any information about this matter is still urged to please contact MCPO Detective Brian Migliorisi at 800-533-7443 or APPD Detective Terrance McGhee at 732-774-1300.

This press release was produced by the Office of the Monmouth County Prosecutor. The views expressed here are the author’s own.