Authorities in Monmouth County officially charged an Asbury Park with a shots fired incident that occurred in the city on Sunday.
According to Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni., there were no injuries reported, but the incident prompted an investigation.
Gramiccioni charged Mr. Dyquan P. Young, 18, with second-degree Possession of a Firearm for Unlawful Purpose in connection with shots fired in the vicinity of Prospect and Mattison avenues in Asbury Park.
According to a statement released Gramiccioni, Asbury Park police responded to a 911 call received at 2:15 p.m., on Sunday reporting multiple shots fired in the 100 block of Prospect Avenue where police arrived on scene to find no victims but evidence that a shooting occurred.
Gramiccioni said a joint investigation by the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office and Asbury Police Department determined a group of people were gathered in the area when the gunfire occurred prompting them to arrest Young.
According to authorities, Young was also charged with second-degree Unlawful Possession of a Firearm, third-degree Hindering the Apprehension of Another, third degree Possession of a Controlled Dangerous Substance, third degree Possession of a Controlled Dangerous Substance with Intent to Distribute, third degree Possession of a Controlled Dangerous Substance with Intent to Distribute within 1,000 Feet of a School and fourth-degree Tampering.
Young is currently being held at the Monmouth County Correctional Institution in Freehold Township pending a detention hearing scheduled for Feb. 12, 2018, before Monmouth County Superior Court Judge John R. Tassini.
Anyone with information about this case is urged to call Detective Patrick Petruzziello of the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office at 800-533-7443 or Detective Cynthia Yost of the Asbury Park Police Department at 732-774-1300.
According to Gramiccioni, if convicted of the second-degree weapons offenses, Young faces five to ten years in state prison with a period of up to 42 months minimum, or up to half, the sentence imposed that must be served before becoming eligible for parole. The third-degree offenses carry a state prison term of between three to five years, and the fourth-degree crimes carry a term of up to 18 months in state prison.