By: Yuritza Arroyo
Monmouth County authorities announced that two men were sentenced for their respective roles in the 2019 shooting homicide of a 23-year-old Asbury Park man at the Prospect Avenue basketball courts.
According to Monmouth County officials, on Friday, December 16, Prince D. Young, 25, and Chyrod M. Freeman, 24, both of Asbury Park, were each sentenced to 20 years in a New Jersey State Prison on first-degree Aggravated Manslaughter charges.
Officials say those charges are subject to the No Early Release Act (NERA).
Young was also sentenced to 10 years in a New Jersey State Prison for first-degree Conspiracy to Commit Murder and five years for second-degree Unlawful Possession of a Handgun. Both charges will run concurrently with the Aggravated Manslaughter sentence.
According to authorities, Freeman was sentenced to 10 years in a New Jersey State Prison for second-degree Aggravated Assault and five years for second-degree Unlawful Possession of a Handgun. Both charges will run concurrently with the Aggravated Manslaughter charge.
Authorities say Young and Freeman previously pleaded guilty on January 27 to their roles in the June 2019 shooting death of Jehadje J. McMillian.
“Jehadje J. McMillian was a young man with an extremely bright future ahead of him that was taken away in a single act of senseless violence,” Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago stated.
“The sanctity of life dictates that justice be served. These pleas and the ensuing sentences strived to provide a grieving family some sense of closure.”
According to Asbury Park Police, officers responded to multiple 911 calls reporting shots fired in the 1100 block of Atlantic Avenue in the city around 10:44 p.m. on Friday, June 14, 2019.
Police say officers arrived on the scene to find McMillian with a gunshot wound, and he was taken to Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune Township, where he was pronounced deceased at 12:14 a.m. of the following day.