Crime & Safety

Prison For Willingboro Man In Hoboken Apartment Killing: Prosecutor

Police found the victim, also from Willingboro, with several gunshot wounds to his abdomen in a Hoboken apartment, officials said.

HOBOKEN, NJ —A man was sentenced to prison for fatally shooting another Willingboro man in a Hoboken apartment building in 2020, prosecutors announced Monday.

A Hudson County judge sentenced 25-year-old Tahjae McDonald to 14 years in New Jersey State Prison on Friday, Dec. 9, according to the Hudson County Prosecutor's Office.

McDougald had pleaded guilty to aggravated manslaughter in the shooting death of 24-year-old Marquise Davis in September, the Hudson County Prosecutor's office said. His sentence is subject to the No Early Release Act, prosecutors said.

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“It is our hope this sentence helps the victim’s family and loved ones continue healing and we thank the Court for its service in this matter,” said Hudson County Assistant Prosecutor Edward Bilinkas.

Davis was fatally shot in the upper body in an apartment at 300 Grand St. on Aug. 7, 2020, just after 10:30 p.m., according to prosecutors and police.

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McDougald had been paroled from state prison seven months before the shooting for a weapons offense in Burlington County, The Courier Post reported in 2020.

Patch's Caren Lissner contributed to this report.

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