Another Jersey City Crime: A man was shot dead yesterday afternoon (June 8, 2009) at a basketball court on West Side Avenue between Broadway Street and Pavonia Avenue — north west of Journal Square PATH Station. Investigators said that the victim may have been involved in a dispute a day before this incident.
Police said the suspect is still at large. Read the rest for the news…
Snippet of the news:
… Darius Burgess, 28, of Corbin Avenue, was shot at least once in the back near basketball courts located east of West Side Avenue near Pavonia Avenue, Hudson County Prosecutor Edward DeFazio said.
The shooting was reported just after 2 p.m. and DeFazio said the victim was rushed to the Jersey City Medical Center where he was pronounced dead at 2:15 p.m…
I remember this basketball court because I used to play here with my friends few years ago. There’s a public swimming pool next to it, which opens every Summer.
Anyone with information on the killing is asked to contact the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office’s Homicide Squad at (201) 915-1345.
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