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North Brunswick TikToker Shot Dead On Long Branch Beach After Final Video
A popular TikTok star was shot and killed Thursday night, June 12, on the beach in Long Branch — just hours after posting what would become his final video.
Chrystopher Whyte, of North Brunswick, was found with a single gunshot wound near the shoreline by Pier Village shortly before 9 p.m., NJ Advance says, citing a spokesperson for the Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Whyte, who had more than 92,800 followers on TikTok, was known for his infectious energy — dancing in his car and surprising fans with backflips. His last video, in which he's sitting …
Whip/Nae Nae Rapper Silentó Pleads Guilty In Cousin’s Killing
A Georgia rapper who went viral for the Whip/Nae Nae dance pleaded guilty but mentally ill in the 2021 shooting death of his cousin, DeKalb County District Attorney Sherry Boston announced on Wednesday, June 11, 2025.
Ricky Lamar Hawk, 27, best known by his stage name Silentó, admitted to killing Frederick Rooks III, 34, on Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021, in the Panthersville area of unincorporated Decatur. He pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter, aggravated assault, possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime, and concealing the death of another. A murder charge was dropped as par…
NJ Machete Murderer Learns Fate: Prosecutor
A 35-year-old Cliffwood man was sentenced to 50 years in prison on Tuesday, June 10, after being convicted of murdering a Newark man with a machete last year, authorities said.
Terrance Bailey was convicted of murder in the first degree and a weapons charge on Friday, March 21, following a two-week trial, the Essex County Prosecutor's Office said.
On Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2024, Bailey and an accomplice chased Daniel Haas Jr. while brandishing a firearm on Cathedral Court in Newark, Essex County Prosecutor Theodore Stephens II said.
Bailey and the accomplice caught up with Haas and killed…
Dad Of 12 Killed Outside Philly Suburb Bar As Crowds Watched, Weeks Later Suspect Arrested: DA
A father of 12 children was stabbed to death outside a Coatesville bar, and now a 54-year-old man is facing a first-degree murder charge, Chester County authorities announced on Thursday, June 5.
Stephen Marquis Johnson, 45, was fatally stabbed in the chest near his heart late Friday, May 16, outside the Midway Bar on East Lincoln Highway in Coatesville, according to a release from the Chester County District Attorney's Office. He died at Paoli Memorial Hospital on Saturday, May 17.
Officers were flagged down by bystanders and found Johnson lying on the ground with a puncture wound. Investi…
King Of The Hill, Parks And Rec Actor Shot, Killed After Incident With Ex-Texas Neighbor
A suspect is in custody after an actor who appeared on the iconic animated TV show King of the Hill was shot and killed.
Jonathan Joss and a former neighbor were involved in the incident in San Antonio, Texas on Sunday night, June 1.
San Antonio Police said officers responded at around 7 p.m. and discovered the 59-year-old Joss near the road after he was shot multiple times, according to ABC affiliate KSAT in San Antonio, noting he was pronounced dead at the scene.
The suspect, Sigfredo Alvarez-Cega, age 56, was apprehended later in the evening and charged with murder, KSAT …
