Two females were found having suffered gunshot wounds on Roosevelt Avenue around 9 a.m., and were airlifted to area hospitals, Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and Carteret Police Chief Dennis McFadden said.
As of 2:30 p.m., one victim had died and the other remains critical, Ciccone and McFadden said.
As of 4:20 p.m., a suspect was in custody, the prosecutor said, and there was no longer a threat to the community.
Anyone with information is urged to call Detective Keith Cassens of the Carteret Police Department at 732-541-3852 or Detective Javier Morillo of the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office at 732-745-8843.
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