Police Responding To Car Crash Find Driver Shot In Neck: Hudson County Prosecutor

JERSEY CITY, NJ — After a man crashed his car into a tree in Jersey City on Saturday, police found that he had been shot in the neck, prosecutors said.

The man was pronounced dead a little over three hours later, said the Hudson County Prosecutor's Office.

Prosecutors said that Devon Reid, 39, of Elizabeth was in the driver's seat of a vehicle that crashed into a tree on Merritt Street, near Old Bergen Road, around 4 p.m.

He was taken by Emergency Medical Services to Jersey City Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead at approximately 7:16 p.m., prosecutors said.

The Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide Unit and the Jersey City Police Department are investigating, prosecutors said.

No arrests had been made as of Sunday, they said.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the Office of the Hudson County Prosecutor at 201-915-1345 or to leave an anonymous tip at: http://www.hudsoncountyprosecutorsofficenj.org/homicide-tip/. All information will be kept confidential.