Markel Williams was shot multiple times on Sunday, June 4 at 10:54 p.m., according to Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone.
New Brunswick police responded to Throop Avenue and Delavan Street after a report of a shooting.
The victim was taken to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital where he was later pronounced deceased, Ciccone said.
Initial investigation has revealed that this does not appear to be a random act of violence and there does not appear to be a threat to the public, she said.
Anyone with information or surveillance footage of the area is asked to call Detective Jeff Monticello of the New Brunswick Police Department at 732-745-5200 or Detective Jose Rosario of the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office at 732-745-3289.
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