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Jose Serrano-Robles, of Lebanon, PA, also was indicted on Thursday, March 24 for weapons offenses, according to Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer.
The indictment was in connection with a shooting on Aug. 16, 2021, in Seaside Heights, Billhimer said.
At approximately 2 a.m. that day, Seaside Heights police responded to a 9-1-1 call for gunshots fired at the La Fontana Motel on Grant Avenue. Police found a 51-year-old male victim with an apparent gunshot wound to the head, Billhimer said.
The victim was taken to Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune where he was treated for his injuries and released, the prosecutor said.
An investigation by the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office Major Crime Unit and Seaside Heights Police Department Detective Bureau revealed that Serrano-Robles and the victim had been sharing a room at the La Fontana Motel.
A search of the motel room yielded two handguns.
The investigation further revealed that Serrano-Robles shot the victim and then fled the area, Billhimer said. Detectives from the Seaside Heights Police Department located Serrano-Robles at the Toms River Bus Station, where he was taken into custody without incident.
Serrano-Robles had been held in the Ocean County Jail since his arrest.
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