By: Najla Alexander
Authorities in Monmouth County announced that a Monmouth County Grand Jury has returned an indictment against two men in connection with a May 2022 fatal shooting.
Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago stated that Kedrick Chatmon, 37, of Keansburg, and Lamare R. Walker, 45, of Barnegat, were both indicted on one count each of first-degree Murder and first-degree Conspiracy to Commit Murder in relation to the murder of 39-year-old Marques Mills of Neptune Township.
Chatmon was also indicted on various weapons offenses as well, Monmouth County officials said.
According to Monmouth County officials, members of the Neptune Township Police Department responded to a report of a shooting at the intersection of Hillview Drive and Edgemere Road shortly before 11 p.m. on Saturday, May 14.
Officers later found Mills inside a vehicle located in the driveway of his residence, having sustained multiple gunshot wounds, Neptune Township Police said.
He was subsequently transported to Jersey Shore University Medical Center, where he succumbed to his injuries the following morning, officials say.
Monmouth County authorities said that a joint investigation involving members of the Prosecutor’s Office’s Major Crimes Bureau and the Neptune Township Police Department identified Chatmon and Walker as the individuals responsible.
Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago said that both Chatmon and Walker were located and apprehended on Thursday, November 21, with Chatmon being located in Keansburg and Walker was taken into custody in Barnegat.
Both Chatmon and Walker were apprehended by members of the Prosecutor’s Office Major Crimes Bureau, the Neptune Township Police Department, and the U.S. Marshals Service New York/New Jersey Regional Fugitive Task Force, Monmouth Couty authorities said.
According to Monmouth County officials, Chatmon and Walker were transported to the Monmouth County Correctional Institution (MCCI), where they both remain incarcerated pending detention hearings scheduled to take place in Monmouth County Superior Court on Tuesday, December 3, before the Honorable Jill G. O’Malley.
Anyone with information about the shooting is being urged to contact MCPO Detective Matthew Delgado at 800-533-7443 or Neptune Township Police Department Detective Robert Hagerman at 732-988-8000.