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Colden St to JCMC - .7 miles

Colden St to the West District Precinct - 1.2 miles

Why not take your friend right to the hospital? Tragic all around, indeed.

Dude had a horrible criminal record and should have been locked up for more time but of coarse they let him go early and it looks like he went out and killed a person cause he probably thought he could get away with it like he has before.

(Murder Suspect Daquan Mixson - might look familiar - he was indicted with a group charged with gang crimes including murder, responsible for seriously injuring a young boy in a tragic hit and run on Grant Avenue, and also accused JC cops of excessive force and false arrest.

Shooting Victim Dies - Shooter Identified & Sought - JJ

A 21-year-old Jersey City man who was shot in his head Friday night outside a Jersey City housing complex died yesterday and authorities are searching for the 24-year-old suspected killer, the Hudson County Prosecutor's Office announced today.

The dead man was identified as Darius Dashawn Redmon.

Around 11:30 p.m. Friday, a vehicle pulled up to the Jersey City Police Department?s West District on Communipaw Avenue with three men who told police someone was shot.

Redmon was found unconscious in the back seat of the vehicle with an apparent gunshot wound to his head, the prosecutor's office said.

Redmon was pulled out of the vehicle by police officers, who administered C.P.R. until Emergency Medical Services arrived and transported the victim to the Jersey City Medical Center in critical condition. Redmon was pronounced dead shortly after 6 p.m. yesterday, authorities said.

The investigation revealed that Redmon was shot while inside the vehicle in the area of the Booker T. Washington Housing Complex near Freemont and Colden Streets in Jersey City. Mr. Redmon was then transported by his friends towards the West District. Jersey City

Police were able to identify Daquan Mixson, age 24, as the shooter, the prosecutor's office said.

Mixson is described as a black male, approximately 5?8? tall and 150 pounds.

Mixson should be considered armed and dangerous, authorities said.

The motive for the shooting has not been ascertained, the prosecutor's office said.

Mixson was originally charged with Attempted Murder, Aggravated Assault and Firearms offenses, however those charges have now been upgraded to Murder in violation of N.J.S. 2C:11-3 (first deree) and a warrant has been issued for his arrest.

The Prosecutor?s Homicide Unit is now investigating the fatal shooting with the assistance of the Jersey City Police Department. Acting Prosecutor Gregory credited the Jersey City Police Department under the leadership of Chief Robert Cowan, whose agency conducted the investigation that led to the filing of the charges against Mixson.

Anyone with information regarding the whereabouts of Mixson or about the fatal shooting is asked to contact the Hudson County Prosecutor?s Office Homicide Unit at (201) 915-1345 or by email at hcpotips@hcpo.org. All contacts will be kept confidential.

I am sorry to hear that. I'm sorry that any family has to go through anguish like this. Shooting a person affects the victim's whole family.

A man was shot in the head in Jersey City at around 11:30 p.m. last night, according to Jersey City police spokesman Bob McHugh.

The man, whose age and hometown have not been released, is now in "critical" and "guarded" condition at the Jersey City Medical Center, according to a JCMC spokesman.

The shooting happened at the Booker T. Washington Housing Complex, near 90 Fremont Street, McHugh said.

Reginald Jones, 26, who identified himself as Jersey City committeeman F-2, was working on his car on Fremont Street this morning when he told The Jersey Journal that he saw emergency vehicles and police officers in the area at around 12 a.m. today.

Jones said a resident in the area told him that someone in a black van had "shot off some rounds" on the street, but that he and other neighbors were under the impression that no one had gotten hurt.

Yesterday's shooting comes on the heels of a shooting that happened last Saturday, in which a 25-year-old man was killed in downtown Jersey City.

The Hudson County Prosecutor's Office has not yet released any information regarding whether suspects in that case have been identified or apprehended.

The investigation into yesterday's shooting is ongoing, McHugh said.

Authorities have not released information regarding suspects in the shooting or how the shooting happened.

Man Shot in Head - JJ