Law enforcement officials in New Jersey have charged an 18-year-old in response to a shooting death that happened over the weekend.
According to officials, Nasir D. Robinson-Sanders, of Williamstown, has been charged with manslaughter and unlawful possession of a weapon following a shooting that left a 17-year-old boy dead at a home in Monroe Township.
Officials said Robinson-Sanders has been in police custody since officers responded to a shooting at a home along Chestnut Street in Monroe Township at about 3:30 p.m. on Sunday.
Law enforcement officials said that, upon responding to that incident, officers found a 17-year-old boy who had been shot once in the head. Robinson-Sanders, officials said, was on the scene of the incident and was taken into custody at that time.
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The victim, police said, was transported to a nearby hospital where he was subsequently pronounced dead.
Robinson-Sanders was processed and then lodged in the Salem County Correctional Facility pending further proceedings, law enforcement officials said.
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