By: Yuritza Arroyo
On Thursday, July 13, members of the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide Unit arrested a 28-year-old man in connection with the fatal shooting of Khalil King in Jersey City on April 23.
According to the authorities, Anton Mair, of Jersey City, is charged with Murder; Unlawful Possession of a Weapon; and Possession of a Weapon for an Unlawful Purpose.
Authorities say he was arrested at a residence on East 12th Street in Bayonne and transported to the Hudson County Correctional Facility pending his first court appearance.
On Sunday, April 23, at approximately 12 a.m., the Jersey City Police Department received a report of shots fired on Danforth Avenue in Jersey City.
According to Police, upon arrival, responding officers located an unresponsive male – later identified as Khalil King, 23, of Fayetteville, North Carolina – inside a retail establishment at 152 Danforth Avenue with an apparent gunshot wound.
Police say he was pronounced dead at the scene at approximately 12:16 a.m.
The Regional Medical Examiner’s Office determined the Cause of Death to be a Gunshot Wound to the Head and the Manner to be Homicide.