A 25-year-old woman found Thursday with a gunshot wound to the stomach in Manchester later died at a local hospital, authorities said Friday.
Police were called to the area of Ridgeway and Hope Chapel roads for a reported shooting at 4:55 p.m., according to the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office.
The woman, whose name was not released, was flown by helicopter to Jersey Shore University Medical Center, where she later died, authorities said.
”This incident is currently under investigation by the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office Major Crime Unit, Manchester Township Police Department, and Ocean County Sheriff’s Office Crime Scene Investigation Unit; there is no known danger to the public at this time,” Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley Billhimer said in a statement.
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