FREEHOLD – It’s been seven years since Andre Thorne was gunned down, discovered shot in the chest whereas sitting in a automotive in Neptune.
Now, authorities are asking the general public for assist in fixing the 2016 homicide of the 19-year-old Bradley Seashore man, by stepping ahead with something they could find out about Thorne’s loss of life.
“Regardless of the passage of over seven years because the homicide of Andre Thorne, detectives from my Workplace and the Neptune Police Division refuse to let the case develop chilly,” Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago stated Wednesday.. “It’s our honest hope that these efforts inspire people in our neighborhood to return ahead with any data that they could possess.”
Right here’s what authorities have shared about Thorne’s homicide.
Round 8:18 p.m. on Monday, February 8, 2016, Neptune Township Police responded to 1306 seventh Avenue for a report of a shooting, Santiago stated. Officers discovered Thorne, 19, in the driving force’s seat of a 2002 pink Dodge Neon, affected by a single gunshot wound to the chest.
Thorne was rushed to Jersey Shore College Medical Middle the place he later died, lower than a month earlier than his twentieth birthday, Santiago stated. Thorne was sitting in the automotive with two others on the time of the shooting.
Some neighbors instructed the Asbury Park Press after the incident that they had been frightened this might occur in their “quiet neighborhood.”
Thorne was remembered in his obituary as “daring, kind-hearted, adventurous, a gentleman, loopy, outgoing and a loving son and brother.”
The joint investigation between the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Workplace and the Neptune Township Police Division is still energetic and ongoing, Santiago stated.
Santiago is urging anybody with data to contact Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Workplace Detective Sergeant Keith Finkelstein (732) 431-7160, ext. 3019 or Neptune Township Detective Carrie Bartlett (732) 988-8000.
Details about this or any crime might be anonymously submitted to the Monmouth County Crime Stoppers tipline at 800-671-4400; by way of the free P3 Tips mobile app or by way of the Crime Stoppers website.
Jenna Calderón covers breaking information and chilly instances in Monmouth and Ocean counties. Earlier than coming to the Press, she lined The Queen Metropolis for Cincinnati Journal in Ohio. Contact her at 330-590-3903; [email protected]
This text initially appeared on Asbury Park Press: Neptune Police still searching for answers in 2016 fatal shooting
