Middlesex County Teenager Shot and Killed in Union County, Reports Say

Reports say a 17-year-old Piscataway boy was shot and killed outside of a convenience store in Plainfield early Sunday morning.

Kyle Winkley was pronounced dead at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick afterhe was found with several gunshot wounds on the 1300 block of West Third Street, according to nj.com.

The shooting is under active joint investigation by the Prosecutor’s Office’s Homicide Task Force and the Plainfield Police Division.

An autopsy of the victim is scheduled to take place today, Monday Sept. 1, according to My Central Jersey.

Anyone with information about this incident can contact Homicide Task Force Detective Johnny Ho at 908-403-8271 or Detective Brendan Sullivan at 908-966-0999.

The Union County Crime Stoppers also are offering a reward of up to $10,000 for information leading to an arrest and indictment in this case; tips can be given anonymously by phone at 908-654-TIPS (8477), via text message by texting “UCTIP” plus a message to 274637 (CRIMES), or online at www.uctip.org.