Police are investigating what appears to be an attempted murder-suicide that has a 20-year-old man dead and a 30-year-old Asbury Park man in critical condition.
Shortly after 12:30 p.m., an officer assigned at a construction job near Asbury Avenue was flagged down but the victim, only identified as a 30-year-old city man, who had a gunshot wound in his head.
After the initial investigation, authorities secured a crime scene outside a First Avenue home where the shooting occurred and where police found the 20-year-old man – the alleged shooter - on an outside porch.
Police ordered the suspect to drop the weapon but instead turned the gun on himself and pulled the trigger.
The 30-year-old man was transported to an area hospital where he’s listed "extremely critical condition".
Neither of the men’s identities have been released.
Anyone with information is asked to call prosecutor's Detective Scott Samis at 800-533-7443 or Asbury Park Detective Steven Ramseur at 732-502-4587.