Two Local Men Accused Of Murder In 2016 Neptune Shooting

FREEHOLD, NJ – Two men have been charged with felony murder in the shooting death of a 20-year-old Bradley Beach man in 2016, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago announced.

Andre Thorne, 20, of Bradley Beach died from a single gunshot wound to the chest on Feb. 8, 2016.

Now, Santiago has announced arrests in the case:

Quashon J. McDuffie, 30, of Long Branch, is charged with first-degree felony murder, first-degree armed robbery, second-degree conspiracy to commit robbery, second-degree unlawful possession of a weapon and second-degree possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, the prosecutor's office said Friday.

Knaliek Joshua, 31, of Asbury Park, is charged with first-degree felony murder, first-degree armed robbery, second-degree conspiracy to commit robbery, second-degree possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose and second-degree certain persons not to possess a weapon, the prosecutor's office said.

The prosecutor's office recounted the facts in the incident:

On Monday, Feb. 8, 2016 at approximately 8:18 p.m., members of the Neptune Township Police Department went to the 1300 block of Seventh Avenue in Neptune Township for a report of a shooting.

Officers found Thorne, 20, of Bradley Beach in the driver’s seat of a 2002 red Dodge Neon, wounded by a single gunshot wound to the chest. Thorne was rushed to Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune where he would later be pronounced dead.

The investigation showed that Thorne was sitting in the car with two others at the time of the shooting, the prosecutor's office said.

A joint investigation by the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office and the Neptune Township Police Department "revealed McDuffie and Joshua’s involvement in the homicide," according to Santiago.

The investigation is ongoing, authorities said.

If anyone has information about the matter, they are asked to contact Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office Detective Sergeant Keith Finkelstein at 732-431-7160, ext. 3019 or Neptune Township Detective Carrie Bartlett at 732-988-8000.

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