By: Richard L. Smith
The Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide Unit, alongside the Jersey City Police Department, is investigating a deadly shooting that took the life of a 39-year-old Elizabeth man on Saturday, May 3rd.
Shortly after 4 p.m., Jersey City police were alerted to a motor vehicle crash near Old Bergen Road and Merritt Street.
When officers arrived, they found an unresponsive man in the driver’s seat of a vehicle that had collided with a tree on Merritt Street.
The victim, identified as Devon Reid, had sustained a gunshot wound to the neck.
He was transported to Jersey City Medical Center by emergency crews, where he was pronounced dead at approximately 7:16 p.m. The cause and manner of death are pending determination by the Regional Medical Examiner’s Office.
Authorities have not made any arrests, and the investigation remains active.
Officials are urging anyone with information to contact the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office at 201-915-1345.