Man Killed in Eatontown Shooting

A 37-year-old man was shot and killed early Friday at Country Club Apartments, authorities say.

Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office spokeman Charles Webster told APP.com that police responded to a report of shots fired at the complex shortly after midnight and discovered the victim lying in the roadway on Country Club Road.

The man was transported to Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune where he was pronounced dead at 2:47 a.m., Webster said in statement.

It was reported that the victim, who has not been identified, was visiting relatives at the time of the shooting.

The complex, located at 2 Country Club Road, is described as mostly quiet and includes clusters of multifamily apartment buildings.

The Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office and the Eatontown Police Department are investigating the shooting.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Detective Kevin Condon of the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office at 800-533-7443 or Detective Aaron Shaw of the Eatontown Police Department at 732-542-0100.