Crime & Safety
Gunshot Rumor Untrue for Hooper Ave School
Police chief said incident was far from the school
Reports that emergency responders had arrived at Hooper Avenue Elementary School to treat a gunshot wound there were untrue, police said Monday morning.
Toms River Police Chief Michael Mastronardy said the incident was actually no where near the school, which is used as a landing zone for medevac by helicopter.
The police chief said the gunshot was far from the school site in a private residence, where an occupant suffered a self-inflicted gunshot wound. He declined to give the addresss.
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