Jermaine Lewis of Barnegat was shot on the 600 block of Marshall Street around 11 p.m. Tuesday evening, Acting Union County Prosecutor Lyndsay V. Ruotolo and Elizabeth Police Department Chief Giacomo Sacca and Director Earl Graves said Friday.
Lewis was transported to University Hospital in Newark for emergency treatment, where he died two days later, authorities said.
The incident is being investigated by the Union County Homicide Task Force and assisted by members of the Elizabeth Police Department, Union County Sheriff’s Office Crime Scene Unit, and Union County Police Department Ballistics Unit.
Anyone with information about this matter is being urged to contact Prosecutor’s Office Detective Sean Holcomb at 908-358-8377 or Sgt. Johnny Ho at 908-403-8271.
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