Walking pedestrian wounded in Neptune Township drive-by-shooting

Two pedestrians are shot at and one wounded while walking in a drive-by-shooting Saturday night around 10 pm in Neptune Township.

The two men were walking north on Myrtle Avenue near Stratford Avenue when occupants of a Black Colored SUV began firing at them before fleeing the scene, according to the Monmouth County Prosecutors Office.

One of the two men shot at was hit and suffered a gunshot wound to the right side of his chest and was transported to Jersey Shore Medical Center for treatment of a non-life threatening injury.

No arrests have been made in relation to the shooting but the investigation is ongoing in collaboration with the Monmouth County Prosecutors Office, Neptune Township Police and Asbury Park Police Departments.

If you have any information about this incident investigators are asking you to call Detective Adam Mendes of the Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office at 1-(800) 533-7443 and Detective Sergeant Les Borges of Neptune Township Police at (732) 988-8000.

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Contact Reporter Vin Ebenau at 848-221-8100 or at vin.ebenau@townsquaremedia.com