Crime & Safety
Man Shot To Death In Piscataway
He was killed in the area of West Third Street and Poplar Place at approximately 7:00 p.m. Friday, police said.

PISCATAWAY, NJ — The Middlesex County Prosecutor and Piscataway police are investigating the death of a Piscataway man shot to death Friday night in the Township. Henry Stevenson Jr., 24, of Piscataway, died Friday, June 16, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital from multiple gunshot wounds.
The shooting occurred in the area of West Third Street and Poplar Place at approximately 7:00 p.m. Friday. Upon arrival, police found the victim laying on the ground with multiple gunshot wounds. He was transported to the hospital where he was later pronounced dead from his injuries.
The homicide is being investigated by Detective Kyle Weaver of the Piscataway Police Department and Detective Erik Larsen of the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office.
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A man by that same name, Henry Stevenson, Jr., was arrested in that same area of West Third Street in 2015, and charged in connection to a stabbing.
The investigation is active and is continuing. Anyone with information is asked to call Detective Kyle Weaver of the Piscataway Police Department at (732)562-2311, or Detective Erik Larsen of the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office at (732) 745-3263.
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