Prosecutor's Office Investigating Hale Street Shooting

No arrests have yet been made in an ongoing investigation into the fatal shooting of a 21-year-old North Brunswick woman and the wounding of a male victim early Saturday morning.

According to a release from the Middlesex County Prosecutor's Office, Jessica Torres, 21, of North Brunswick was fatally shot just before 2:13 a.m. Saturday in front of the Progressive Masonic Temple on Hale Street. 

Torres was taken to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, where she was pronounced dead at 3:01 a.m., according to the release.

She is the mother of a two-year-old son, the release said.

Her death is being treated as a homicide.

The male victim, 28, of New Brunswick, remains hospitalized at Robert Wood Johnson University with multiple gunshot wounds, the release said.

A report on the website New Brunswick Today identified the victim as Raheem Fuqua, a cousin of city activist Tormel Pittman.

According to the release, an ongoing investigation by the New Brunswick Police Department and the Middlesex County Prosecutor's Office has ruled that thje shooting was not random.

Anyone with information about the shootings is asked to contact Det. Ronoldy Martinez of the New Brunswick Police Department at (732) 745-5217, ext. 6028, or Investigator Michael Daniewicz of the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office at (732) 745-4018.

Cash rewards are also available for anonymous crime tips by calling Crime Stoppers of Middlesex County Inc. at (800) 939-9600, or by visiting middlesextips.com, the release said.