43-year-old man remains in critical condition
NEW BRUNSWICK -- A Newark man faces two counts of attempted murder in a double shooting that left two people wounded on a New Brunswick street, authorities announced Thursday.
Demetrius Lee walked up to a 23-year-old woman and a 43-year-old man at Throop Avenue and Delavan Street and started shooting Aug. 22, Middlesex County Prosecutor Andrew Carey and New Brunswick Police Director Anthony Caputo said in a joint statement. The woman was listed in stable condition while the man remained hospitalized in critical condition.
Lee, 33, was also charged two counts of aggravated assault and one count of unlawful possession of a weapon in the shooting, according to prosecutors. He was being held without bail at the Middlesex County Adult Corrections Center.
Man, woman critically injured in New Brunswick shooting
Police arrested Lee three days after the shooting as he sat in a car on Chester Circle in New Brunswick, the prosecutor's office said. He was charged with having a stolen handgun in his car at the time. That weapon is not believed to be the one used in the earlier shooting, according to authorities. A prior unspecified conviction bars Lee from having a weapon.
Lee is also facing charges in an unrelated case at the same intersection as the shooting, the prosecutor's office said.
Police charged Lee with attempted murder and leaving the scene of a crash for allegedly intentionally driving into and running over a 37-year-old woman at Throop Avenue and Delavan Street Aug. 9. The woman was treated and released from an area hospital.
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