Why was he only charged with aggravated assault? Shooting someone in the head should be attempted murder.

And on a side note, there should be no differentiation between attempted murder and murder. If you attempt to kill someone, the same punishment should apply as if you actually did kill someone.

Shooting leads to arrest in year-old crime

Thursday, January 22, 2009
By MICHAELANGELO CONTE
JOURNAL STAFF WRITER

A sixth man has been arrested in the murder of a Jersey City woman killed while coming to the aid of her son who was targeted by Bloods street gang members because he helped a neighbor being assaulted by gangsters, officials said.

Noel Salgado, 28, was indicted on Nov. 12 on the charges of murder, conspiracy and possession of a firearm by a felon, in connection with the Jan. 27, 2008, killing of Demaris Colon, 39, in front of her Monitor Street home, Hudson County Prosecutor Edward DeFazio said yesterday.

"It's all the more tragic because an innocent victim was killed as a result of this gunfire," DeFazio said yesterday. "These are the unintended results of indiscriminate gunfire."

Although Salgado was indicted in November, he wasn't found until Sunday when police arrested him in connection with the investigation into the shooting of a 23-year-old Jersey City woman who was wounded in the temple last week, DeFazio said.

Salgado was also wanted for failing to register as a sex offender, officials said.

Already arrested in connection with Colon's 2008 murder are Matthew Lee, 21, of Harrison Street in Hoboken, along with Bayonne residents Luis Ortiz, 21, and Thomas Bellotti, 28, and Jersey City residents Bernardo Montenez, 30, and Douglas Johnson, 25. All are suspected members of the Bloods street gang, DeFazio said.

DeFazio said Salgado was not at the scene of the shooting "but was part of the gang conspiracy that led to the attack."

Homicide detectives believe the four men drove to Colon's home intending to shoot her 19-year-old son in retribution for him intervening on behalf of the neighbor, officials said.

But Johnson, the alleged gunman, hit Colon when he fired three shots during a struggle with her son, DeFazio said. She died the next day at the Jersey City Medical Center.

Jersey City police investigating the shooting of the woman at a boarding house at Baldwin Avenue and Academy Street on Jan. 15, arrested Salgado and Kyliah Grant, 18, of Arlington Avenue, on the charge of conspiracy to tamper with a witness.

A 17-year-old Jersey City boy who is a reputed Bloods member has been charged with aggravated assault in the boarding house shooting, police said.

Police developed information that the shooter had been asking about the victim and might try to visit her at the Medical Center, police said. Detectives staked out the hospital and arrested Salgado, Grant and the boy there Sunday, police said.

Salgado is being held without bail on the Megan's Law violation, DeFazio said. He is expected to make his first appearance in court on the murder charge today or tomorrow, DeFazio said.

Salgado was in prison from March 18, 1997 to Oct. 27, 2005 on two convictions for aggravated assault, a weapons offense and one count of drug possession, corrections officials said.

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Shotguns dont shoot bullets, I wish the Jersey Journal would do a little research before they write something. I hope this woman makes it though, a sawed off shotgun is no joke at close range. I could just imagine the damage it has done to her head and face.

Regardless of motivation/situation, it's great to see the youth of Jersey City making a positive impact on the community. I hate to see what this piece of useless life does when he gets out of prison in a few years (thanks to our great liberal JUSTICE system).

It's adorable that someone thought he was coming to check on her because he had a conscience. They were charged with witness tampering because they showed up at the hospital worried she might be able to ID them. i think they were hoping she would die so they coudn't be linked to it.

We can thank our Mayor for the poor job he is doing as the leader of Jersey City and fighting crime. Until we get a Mayor that is serious about fighting crime gangs and thugs will run wild in Jersey City as they have been.

nothing will change until thugs like this are locked away for life. it's interesting. people are all talking about responsibility BUT then why don't officials do the responsible thing in terms of keeping our streets safe

A killer with a conscience, unbelieveable!

fantastic! right around the corner from me.

Update:

Teen arrested in shooting of woman at Jersey City boarding house
by Michaelangelo Conte/The Jersey Journal
Monday January 19, 2009, 6:05 PM

A 17-year-old Jersey City boy with suspected ties to the Bloods street gang has been charged with the cold-blooded attack on a city woman who was shot in the head in a boarding house off Journal Square Thursday, police said.

The boy, a resident of Bergen Avenue near Dwight Street, was arrested at the Jersey City Medical Center on Friday and charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, possession of a sawed-off shotgun, and additional weapons offenses, police said today.

Police responding to the boarding house at Academy Street and Baldwin Avenue on Thursday night found the 23-year-old victim writhing and screaming for help with a bullet wound to her temple and no exit wound, reports said.

A friend told police she arrived moments earlier and while running up the stairs, a man wearing a ski mask ran past her in the opposite direction, reports said.

After the shooting the victim was rushed to the Medical Center where she began having seizures and was placed in an induced coma, reports said.

Police developed information that the shooter was asking about the victim's condition and that he might try to see her at the hospital, so investigators staked out the hospital, officials said.

Around 4 p.m. Friday the boy's cousin, Kyliah Grand, 18, of Arlington Avenue, turned up at the hospital and a short time later the boy showed arrived as well, police said. Police arrested both, charging Grant with conspiracy to tamper with a witness, police said.

Based on information released by police, the possible motive of the shooting was not clear, nor was it clear why the boy and his cousin went to the hospital.

No update on the victim's condition was available.

I'm willing to bet money that this probably had to something with a love triangle or enraged lover/ex-lover.

Any info on her name or who shot her?

Woman, 23, shot in head and a masked man flees

Monday, January 19, 2009
By MICHAELANGELO CONTE
JOURNAL STAFF WRITER

A 23-year-old Jersey City woman is in a coma after being shot in the head during what appears to have been a robbery in a city boarding house Thursday night, authorities said.

Doctors induced the coma when the shooting victim began having seizures, officials said.

Police responding to the scene at Academy Street and Baldwin Avenue spoke to a friend of the victim who had heard the woman screaming on the third floor, reports said.

The friend told police that while running up the stairs, a man wearing a ski mask ran past her in the opposite direction, reports said. On the third floor she found the victim crawling on the floor with blood pouring from the gunshot wound in her temple, reports said.

The victim was still writhing and screaming for help when police arrived and she was rushed to the Jersey City Medical Center, reports said.

Medical Center officials would not release her condition last night.