Prosecutor: 1 person killed, another injured in Toms River stabbing
Law enforcement sources had previously told News 12 that a shooting and stabbing incident left two people in critical condition.
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Prosecutors say a person was fatally stabbed on Adams Avenue in Toms River.
The Ocean County Prosecutor's Office says at least one person was stabbed around 7:20 a.m. at a home and later died. Law enforcement sources tell News 12 that there were two victims.
Video from the Lakewood Scoop shows an officer with his gun drawn and a suspect on the ground during the middle of the rush hour commute on Whitesville Road near the Jackson border.
Sources say these incidents are related and that police know the suspect.
The Ocean County Sheriff's Office released a 911 call from the incident on Adams Avenue. In that call, a Seaside Park Class II officer can be heard talking to a dispatcher.
“I don't know him, I just found him. I'm a Seaside Park Class II (officer). Picking up coffee at QuickChek. I need EMS here," the officer said in the call.
The officer told dispatch that the 31-year-old male victim was stabbed in his upper left chest area, breathing and awake.
A witness tells News 12 they heard what sounded like a single gunshot. Investigators have not commented on the possible shooting in addition to the stabbing.
