Authorities are investigating a fatal shooting that took place late Thursday night in Linden, acting Union County Prosecutor Grace H. Park announced Friday.
It was approximately 11:20 p.m. Thursday when Linden Police Department patrol units responding to a shots-fired call arrived at the 300 block of Price Street in Linden to find 37-year-old James Garner suffering from gunshot wounds in a second-floor apartment unit.
Garner was transported to a local hospital, where he was later pronounced dead.
This shooting remains under joint investigation by the Union County Homicide Task Force and the Linden Police Department.
Anyone with information about the death of Mr. Garner is being urged to contact Homicide Task Force Detective William Bizub at 908-418-2817.
The Union County Crime Stoppers are offering a reward of up to $10,000 for information leading to an arrest and indictment in this matter; tips can be given anonymously by phone at 908-654-TIPS(8477), via text message by texting “UCTIP” plus a message to 274637 (CRIMES), or online at www.uctip.org.