Suspect Arrested After 4-Year-Old Shot In Asbury Park: Prosecutor

ASBURY PARK – A Lakewood man has been arrested and charged in the shooting of a 4-year-old Asbury Park girl, Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni announced on Thursday.

Sciaire N. Jackson, 27, of Lakewood has been arrested and charged with first-degree attempted aurder, second-degree aggravated assault and several weapons charges, the MCPO said.

A joint investigation by the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office and the Asbury Park Police Department revealed that Jackson rode up on a bicycle at approximately 1:35 p.m. on Tuesday and began firing a handgun at several people located outside of an apartment, the MCPO said.

The child was just playing outside and was not the intended target. A second person returned fire at Jackson; that person has not has not yet been identified, the MCPO said.

The 4-year-old child was shot while sitting outside the family’s home with other family members on Boston Way, a residential village in Asbury Park, the MCPO said.

The child was shot in the upper thigh area, breaking the femur bone. Physicians treating the child have deemed the injury as serious, but non-life threatening, the MCPO said.

The case is being investigated by members of the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office and the Asbury Park Police Department.

Anyone with information about this case is urged to call Detective William Anton of the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office at 1-800-533-7443 or Asbury Park Police Detective Dillon Gourley at 1-732-774-1300.

Anyone who feels the need to remain anonymous but has information about a crime can submit a tip to Monmouth County Crime Stoppers by calling their confidential telephone tip-line at 1-800-671-4400; or by downloading and using the free P3 Tips mobile app (available for iOS and Android – https://www.p3tips.com/community/index.htm).