One Dead Following Bound Brook Shooting

BOUND BROOK, NJ — Authorities are seeking information surrounding the homicide of a Bound Brook man who was shot to death on Monday night.

Numerous 911 calls of shots being fired with a person down in the area of Church Street and East Second Street were reported on Oct. 16 around 6:23 p.m. to Bound Brook Police, Somerset County Prosecutor Michael H. Robertson said.

Police responded and found William Roberts, 27, a resident of Church Street in Bound Brook suffering from a gunshot wound to his torso.

Life saving measures were performed on Roberts by officers along with medical first responders from the Bound Brook Rescue Squad and Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital - Somerville.

He was transported to a local trauma center and rushed into emergency surgery where he later died from his injuries, Robertson said.

The shooting occurred in the vicinity of Church Street near West Second Street and was an isolated incident. Williams was the intended target, according an investigation by detectives from the Bound Brook Police Department and the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office Major Crimes Unit.

"Detectives have received limited cooperation from potential eyewitnesses and they are urging anyone that may have been present and/or observed the incident to contact authorities, all calls are confidential," Robertson said.

Anyone with information regarding this incident should contact the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office Major Crimes Unit at 908-231-7100, the Bound Brook Police Department at 732-356-0800, or the Somerset County Crime Stoppers’ Tip Line at 1-888- 577-TIPS (8477) or online at www.888577tips.org or www.scpo.net and click on either “Crime Stoppers” or “TIPS HOTLINE”.

All Crime Stopper tipsters will remain anonymous.

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