VIDEO: A person has been shot moments ago in the High Point development, police confirm to TLS. The victim, police say, was shot in the back, and is unresponsive.
He is being transported to JS Medical Center in critical condition.
Sources say the victim is approximately 24 years old.
CIU and Detectives have responded to the scene.
The suspect is at large, and police have blocked off both entrances to the development – on Prospect Street and Massachusets Avenue – in an attempt to locate the suspect.
UPDATE: A short time after the shooting, police received reports of a large fight in the area of Congress Street, with a weapon involved. It’s unknown if the incidents are related.
I am starting to get scared to go outside! I feel like we are living in a jungle!
Where are the cops heading now. They are flying up 9 Northbound
We have areas of Chicago and Trenton in Lakewood. just know where you are going….We can couint on the fingers how many areas in Lakewood yoiu should be careful about.
My Prayers !!!
thank you…Kenneth was my only child
I hear it was a young man called (moderated) .. About 24 yrs old… And then a shooting somewhere else and some huge gang fight.. Lakewood is nuts
I think lakewood needs to close up the police and start over with a county police like camden did and trenton is about to do
he is not 24 . he is 20 thank you so get your story straight .
Is it safer in Syria these days???
#6 I think the township committee needs to hire more cops. The police force is at its all time low. There are 30 less cops today then there was 10 years ago
Hire more cops
That would be so stupid. What would a county police do that LPD can’t???
1. May God bring peace upon his family, and he rest in peace.
2. How is this the police dept. fault # 6???
I feel scared to walk the streets and don’t see alot of police patrol. Lakewoood need more cops to patrol to make us feel safe and deter crime
To all of Lakewood newcomers ,that area has been problematic for the past twenty five years nothing to be shocked about . Great job Lpd for reducing such incidents .
if everyone paid their fair share in taxes in this city,there probably would be more cops here.
hey number 6 he is 24 get your story straight , thank you for the good news scoop
Can someone please explain. If there were 50 more cops on duty how would that have prevented this? Police can’t be all over all the time. Shootings like this need not worry us they are usually gang on gang shootings as long as they are not starting with us it’s not great but not that bad
17 because since LPD have lost a lot of officers who retired, they are short staffed so hiring more could place an officer at high point for the whole shift.
What exactly do you mean by FAIR SHARE? Are you a Wallstreet occupier?
if there were more cops in lkwd that community would be crying about police brutality