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Jersey City fatal shooting victim is identified as East Orange man
Updated 2:37 PM;
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The man who was shot dead early Friday morning in Jersey City has been identified as an East Orange resident, authorities said.
Police responding to gunfire at the City Crossings Apartments at Merseles Court and Bright Street at 1:50 a.m. found Stebbin Drew, 37, with gunshot wounds to his torso, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Drew was taken to the Jersey City Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead at 2:13 a.m.
The fatal shooting is the 10th homicide in Jersey City this year, with an additional death last week being investigated as suspicious. There were 16 homicides in all of 2020 in Jersey City, according to the HCPO. The city put that total at 17, adding a victim who died in 2020 from an incident that occurred previously.
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Fatal shooting under investigation in Jersey City ×
The Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide Unit is investigating the fatal shooting of an East Orange man in Jersey City.
According to the HCPO, on May 14, at approximately 1:50 a.m., the Jersey City Police Department received a report of shots fired in the area of the City Crossings Apartments parking lot at Merseles Court and Bright Street in Jersey City.
Officers found an apparently lifeless man with a gunshot wound to the torso.
The victim, later identified as Stebbin Drew, 37, of East Orange, was transported by Emergency Medical Services to Jersey City Medical Center where he was pronounced dead at approximately 2:15 a.m.
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Fifty Jersey City Police Officers participated in the annual Police Unity Tour this week. Despite the tour being shortened to a one-day ride due to the pandemic, the Jersey City Police Cycling Team raised $100,000 for the National Law Enforcement Officer’s Memorial and Museum, and to bring awareness of Law Enforcement Officers who have died in the line of duty. Photo by Jen Brown. ×
Fifty Jersey City Police Officers participated in the annual Police Unity Tour this week. Despite the tour being shortened to a one-day ride due to the pandemic, the Jersey City Police Cycling Team raised $100,000 for the National Law Enforcement Officer’s Memorial and Museum, and to bring awareness of Law Enforcement Officers who have died in the line of duty. Photo by Jen Brown.