A deadly argument rocked this NJ apartment — and a stray bullet nearly claimed another victim

🚨One man died after a Monday night shooting inside a Keansburg apartment

🚨A bullet went through a wall narrowly missing a woman in a neighboring bathroom

🚨Prosecutors are investigating and asking anyone with information to come forward

KEANSBURG — One person is dead following a shooting in an apartment on Monday night.

A 911 call was received just before 9 p.m. from a home on Carr Avenue, according to Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond Santiago.

A man with a gunshot wound was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Witnesses told News 12's Jim Murdoch that they heard two people arguing and three gunshots. One of the shots went through a wall into another apartment and narrowly missed a woman in a bathroom, they said.

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Keansburg's first fatal shooting of the year

It was the first fatal shooting this year in Keansburg. There have been at least three fatal shootings in Monmouth County this year, according to the state Attorney General's Office.

Santiago asked anyone with information about the shooting to call 732-431-7160 ext. 2189 or 732-787-0600.

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