Fatal Toms River Lounge Shooting Still Under Investigation

TOMS RIVER, NJ — A shooting that killed a 25-year-old man early Saturday at a hookah lounge remains under investigation Monday, the Ocean County Prosecutor's Office said.

Authorities have not released the name of the man who was killed, or those of the two men who were injured in the shooting that happened about 1:20 a.m. Saturday at Top Tier Hookah Lounge in the Silverton Shopping Center on Hooper Avenue.

The 25-year-old died at the scene, the prosecutor's office said Saturday. His age initially had been reported as 29, but authorities on Monday confirmed he was 25.

A 29-year-old man was hospitalized in critical condition, and a second 25-year-old man was treated and released, authorities said.

A hookah lounge is a business where people gather to smoke flavored tobacco from a communal pipe called a hookah pipe, according to VeryWellMind.com.

Anyone with information regarding the shooting is asked to contact Detective Denis Mitchell of the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office at 732-929-2027, or Detective Jennifer Grob of the Toms River Police Department at 732-349-0150, authorities said.