2 Charged In Connection With Fatal Jersey Shore Teen Shootings

FREEHOLD, NJ — Two Bayshore men face murder charges in connection with the shooting deaths of two teenagers last month, officials say.

18-year-old Samore Edwards of Plainfield and 19-year-old Isaiah Williams of New Brunswick were found dead in a parked vehicle in January.

Now, Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Lori Linskey said officials have charged 19-year-old Gabriel Braithwaite of Keansburg and 22-year-old Jerod Dearin of Aberdeen in their deaths.

Braithwaite and Dearin were both charged with two counts of first-degree murder, as well as single counts of first-degree conspiracy to commit murder, two related second-degree weapons offenses, and third-degree hindering apprehension, according to Linskey's office.

“This was a brazen and brutal crime, and the swiftness with which it was investigated and these defendants apprehended is a testament to the quality of no small amount of stellar collaborative work,” Linskey said.

Linskey said an "intensive investigation" took place resulting in the arrests.