NEPTUNE–Authorities are investigating the shooting death of a man found by police inside a vehicle near the Shark River who died shortly after.
Police went to South Concourse in the back of the Headliner Oasis nightclub at 1401 Route 35 shortly after 1:30 a.m. for a report of possible shots fired. They found the unidentified victim inside a vehicle with several gunshot wounds. He was rushed to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead within an hour of being found.
Authorities said the shooting was not connected to the nightclub.
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Authorities provided no further details as Monmouth County and Neptune Township detectives continue their investigation.
Linskey is urging anyone with information to call Detective Daniel Newman of the prosecutor’s office at 800-533-7443 or Neptune Township Police Detective Carrie Bartlett at 732-988-8000.
Information about this or any crime can be anonymously submitted to the Monmouth County Crime Stoppers tipline at at 1-800-671-4400; through the free P3 Tips mobile app or through the Crime Stoppers website.
All contacts are confidential, Linskey said.