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Elijah Ford of Carteret was charged with attempted murder and weapons offenses, according to Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and Chief Dennis McFadden of the Carteret Police Department
On Dec. 24, 2020, at approximately 9:30 p.m., Carteret police responded to the exterior of a residence at the Hermann Gardens public housing complex in Carteret for a report of shots fired, they said.
Police found a victim suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. The victim was transported to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital.
A subsequent investigation conducted by Detective Anthony Ramos of the Carteret Police Department, and Detective Margaret Kolta, Detective Daniel Lojek, and Sergeant Julissa Alvarado of the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office, resulted in Ford being charged with the shooting.
Ford also was sentenced to four years in the New Jersey state prison on a separate burglary charge. This sentence is to run concurrent to the 17 years for attempted murder.
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