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DEVELOPING AVENEL NJ: Shooting Leaves One Dead at Avenel Motel

Avenel

Authorities confirm that an unidentified man was fatally shot and another man was wounded at a Route 1 motel in the township this morning.

Police were called to the Loop Inn Motel at 4:53 a.m. for reports of shots fired.

Upon arrival, police found two victims, one of whom was pronounced dead at the scene at 5:36 a.m.

The second victim was taken to University Hospital in Newark, where he was listed in critical condition.

​No arrests have been made, but an investigation is active and is continuing.

​Anyone with information is asked to call Detective Santiago Tapia of the Woodbridge Police Department at (732) 634-7700, or Detective David Abromaitis of the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office at (732) 745-4436.

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