Crime & Safety

These 2 At Large In Woodbridge Motel Murder

Martin Martinez Jr., 20, and Cynthia Rivera, 18, both from the Bronx, are wanted for the June 21 fatal shooting at the Loop Inn in Avenel.

WOODBRIDGE, NJ — Police are searching for two suspects involved in the fatal shooting of one man and the critically injuring of another at the Loop Inn Motel in Woodbridge.

Martin Martinez Jr., 20, and Cynthia Rivera, 18, both from the Bronx, have been charged with two counts of conspiracy to commit murder in the first degree. However, they both still remain at large.

Woodbridge Township Police were called to the Loop Inn Motel, in the Avenel section of Woodbridge, on June 21 at 4:53 a.m., where they found the victims. The 21-year-old victim, Andrew Torres, of the Bronx was pronounced dead at the scene at 5:36 a.m. The second victim, a 24-year-old man, also from the Bronx, was taken to University Hospital in Newark in critical condition.

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The investigation is active and is continuing. Anyone with information is asked to call Detective Santiago Tapia of the Woodbridge Police Department at (732) 634-7700, or Detective David Abromaitis of the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office at (732) 745-4436.

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