Man Fatally Shot At Hazlet Motel Identified As Eatontown Taxi Driver

HAZLET, NJ — Details are still very scant about how and why a man was shot to death Saturday morning in the parking lot of a motel off Hwy. 36 in Hazlet.

But the man who was killed was an Eatontown resident working as a taxi driver. The victim is identified as Anthony Hill, 42, of Eatontown, the Monmouth County Prosecutor revealed Wednesday.

Hazlet Police responded for an EMS call to the parking lot of Holly Hill motel (270 Rt. 36, near Laurel Avenue) at 7:18 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 14.

Upon arrival, officers discovered an adult male victim, deceased on the ground near a Dumpster. Hill had been shot multiple times and he was pronounced dead at the scene.

The public reported seeing a large police presence Saturday morning at the Holly Hill Motel Saturday morning.

An investigation by members of the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office –Major Crimes Bureau and the Hazlet Police Department is currently ongoing.

Do you know anything about this? Anyone with information regarding this incident is urged to contact Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office Detective Thomas Manzo, Jr., at 800-533-7443 or Hazlet Police Department Detective Steven Venticinque at 732-264-0763, ext. 2138.

Initial Patch report on this incident: Hazlet Homicide Under Investigation: Prosecutor