One Person Dead, Another Injured In Union County Shooting

LINDEN, NJ - One person is dead, and a woman is injured after a shooting in Linden Monday morning.

According to Linden Police, officers responded at around 10:15 a.m. to Carnegie St. and Monmouth Ave. for reports of a shooting. Police found a woman on the sidewalk along the 600 block of Carnegie St. after she was shot by a male suspect who fled the scene. The woman was taken to Newark University Hospital in critical condition.

After fleeing, the male suspect barricaded himself in a home nearby. Police entered the house and found him dead from what appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

As of Monday afternoon, the area around Carnegie St. and Monmouth Ave. is still an active crime scene.

Linden Police asks anyone with information to contact Det. Nicole Andrews at (908) 474-8662. They also invite anonymous tips to be shared at crimetips@lpdnj.org.