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Shooting in Lakewood Leaves One Dead, Authorities Investigating

Lakewood Township

A shooting in Ocean County has left a man fatally wounded overnight.

Lakewood Police responded to reports of shots fired on County Line  Road East shortly after midnight where they found a man unconscious and unresponsive after being shot.

 The victim was rushed  to a nearby hospital, where he died a short time later. 

Investigators from the Ocean County Prosecutors Office are searching for a motive for the shooting. The victim's identity has not been released at this time. 

No arrests have been made.

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