This is a statement released by New Brunswick Police regarding a shooting that erupted at a party overnight.
The New Brunswick Police Department is investigating an altercation at a party that resulted in gunfire, and one victim sustaining non-life threatening injuries.
The preliminary police investigation suggests that at approximately 1:30 am, a group of eight to ten African American males attempted to gain entry to a social event for a few fraternities and sororities located at 120 Hamilton Street.
When the group was denied entry, a physical altercation ensued between the group and the guests of the event.
The altercation escalated to a large brawl on the sidewalk in front of 122 Hamilton Street.
As the brawl was ending an African American male, with shoulder length dreadlocks, and between 5’7” and 5’9”, wearing a white baggy shirt and blue jeans, pulled out a black handgun and fired one or two rounds into the crowd.
The suspect and the group he came with then fled on foot down Hamilton Street towards Easton Avenue.
As a result of the gunfire, one of the guests at the party (21-year-old male from New Brunswick) was shot in the shoulder.
He was transported to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital where he was treated for the non-life threatening injury.
NOTE: Police in Edison have also reported that a shooting that injured two at a Halloween party on Thursday evening was a Fraternity-Sorority sponsored event.
Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call the New Brunswick Detective Bureau at (732) 745-5217.