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| Chad Edgehill |
(See funeral arrangements below)
JERSEY CITY, New Jersey, April 1 2012 - A manhunt is on for the gunman who ended the life of a Grenadian with a bullet to the back of his head outside Hudson County Community College on Journal Square on Thursday night, and police have released security images of the alleged killer.
Chad Edgehill, 24, of Jersey City and originally from Grand Mal, St George’s, was shot once in the back of the head near the entrance of the college building on Sip Avenue at about 9:20 p.m., Hudson County Prosecutor Edward DeFazio said. The bullet exited his forehead.
“It was a brutal, wanton act of violence,” DeFazio said of the death of Edgehill, who recently moved to Jersey City from Brooklyn and was employed as a security guard at Lincoln Center in New York.
After hearing the gunshot, an off-duty Port Authority police officer found the body and chased the gunman and an accomplice down Sip Avenue and onto Enos Place, where he lost sight of them.
Police have released an image of the alleged gunman inside a store in the Journal Square Transportation Center concourse. The image shows him wearing a red sweater over a red shirt that appears to have an image of a cobra on it with lettering above, DeFazio said, adding that shirt has long black sleeves. He is described as being about 6 feet tall with a thin build, DeFazio said.
The alleged gunman was with a second man described as being about 5-foot-10, thin, and wearing a black hooded sweatshirt, jeans and a baseball cap with a blue brim, DeFazio said. Investigators think the gunman may have handed his sweater and the gun to his accomplice as they ran, DeFazio said.
Just before the shooting, the victim met the gunman and accomplice near the Jackie Robinson statue in front of the PATH station and security video “indicates there was some familiarity and no apparent tension between the men.” The shooter and Edgehill entered a drug store on the PATH concourse and the victim withdrew money from an ATM, DeFazio said.
The three men then left the store and walked toward the college and under the covered walkway that runs along the west side of the building. That’s where Edgehill was shot prior to reaching the school’s entrance, DeFazio said, adding that he was pronounced dead at the scene.
When found, Edgehill had $120 beside his hand on the sidewalk, DeFazio said. The motive for the murder is not clear, although it is possible it was a robbery turned deadly. Edgehill had no weapon on him, DeFazio said. Investigators confirmed Edgehill had withdrawn money at the ATM, but would say only that the amount was not significantly more than the cash found at the murder scene.
There were few people in the area at the time of the shooting and the college was on spring break.
Betsy Vorce, a spokeswoman for Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, said yesterday afternoon: “Our sympathies are certainly with his family.” Vorce said Edgehill worked at Lincoln Center as a security guard on the midnight shift since 2011.
Anyone with information on the murder is asked to call the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office’s Homicide Squad at (201) 915-1345. Jersey City and Port Authority police are also working on the case.
SOURCE: With additional reporting from Private Officer News
Funeral arrangements for Grenadian shot and killed in New Jersey:
Prayer Service at 7:00 p.m. on Sunday April 1, 2012 at 184 Clarkson Avenue, Brooklyn (bet Rogers & Bedford).
Viewing and Service on Thursday April 5, 2012 at 1200 Dean Street & Nostrand Avenue in Brooklyn. Viewing is between 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. The Service will follow the viewing.
Burial will take pace in Grenada on Thursday April 12, 2012.
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