A Monmouth County Grand Jury has returned an indictment against two men in connection with a May 2022 fatal shooting, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago said this week.
Kedrick Chatmon, 37, of Keansburg, and Lamare R. Walker, 45, of Barnegat, were both indicted on one count each of first-degree murder and first-degree conspiracy to commit murder in relation to the murder of 39-year-old Marques Mills of Neptune Chatmon was also indicted on various weapons offenses as well.
Members of the Neptune Township Police Department responded to a report of a shooting shortly before 11 p.m. Sat., May 14 at the intersection of Hillview Drive and Edgemere Road. Officers later found Mills inside a vehicle located in the driveway of his residence, having sustained multiple gunshot wounds. He was subsequently transported to Jersey Shore University Medical Center where he succumbed to his injuries the following morning.
A joint investigation involving members of the Prosecutor’s Office’s Major Crimes Bureau and the Neptune Township Police Department resulted in Chatmon and Walker being identified as the individuals responsible. Both Chatmon and Walker were located and apprehended Thurs., Nov. 21 with Chatmon being located in Keansburg and Walker was taken into custody in Barnegat. Both Chatmon and Walker were apprehended by members of the Prosecutor’s Office Major Crimes Bureau, the Neptune Township Police Department and the U.S. Marshals Service New York/New Jersey Regional Fugitive Task Chatmon and Walker were transported to the Monmouth County Correctional Institution where they both remain incarcerated pending detention hearings scheduled to take place in Monmouth County Superior Court Tues., Dec. 3 before the Honorable Jill G. O’Malley.
Anyone with information about the shooting is being urged to contact MCPO Detective Matthew Delgado at 800-533-7443 or Neptune Township Police Department Detective Robert Hagerman at 732-988-8000.
Information regarding representation for Chatmon and Walker were not readily available.
Despite these charges, every defendant is presumed innocent, unless and until found guilty beyond a reasonable doubt, following a trial at which the defendant has all of the trial rights guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution and State law.
