Teen To Be Tried As Adult In Fatal Shooting Of Jersey City Man

JERSEY CITY — A South Amboy teen will be tried as an adult in a robbery and killing in Jersey City last year, prosecutors said.

Kaison Brown, 17, has been. charged with the fatal shooting of Resheed Wallace, said Hudson County Prosecutors.

He was charged with murder, felony murder, conspiracy to commit robbery, and weapons charges, prosecutors said.

On May 10, just before 10 p.m., the Jersey City Police Department received a report of shots fired in the area of Pearsall Avenue and Garfield Avenue, proscutors said.

Police found Rasheed Wallace, 24, of Jersey City with an apparent gunshot wound to the upper body. He was taken to Jersey City Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead at approximately 10:25 p.m.

Two other people were charged in connection with the death.

A 14-year-old girl was charged as a juvenile with murder, felony murder, conspiracy to commit robbery, and weapons charges, prosecutors said.

Makiy Randolph, 22, of Paterson was charged with murder, felony murder, conspiracy to commit robbery, and weapons charges.