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Nazzir Wallace, 18, was charged with first-degree attempted murder, eluding, resisting arrest, obstruction of justice and multiple weapons and drug offenses, according to Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago
At approximately 11 p.m. on Aug. 30, Asbury Park police responded to the 100 block of Memorial Drive for shots fired. Minutes later, authorities were told that a man with a gunshot wound had been admitted to a nearby hospital, Santiago said.
An investigation involving members of the MCPO Major Crimes Bureau and Asbury Park police resulted in Wallace being identified as a suspect, the prosecutor said.
Wallace was apprehended in Asbury Park late last week after a brief foot pursuit by police. He was found with a loaded firearm and an unspecified quantity of cocaine and heroin, Santiago said.
Wallace was being held in the Monmouth County Correctional Institution.
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