ATTEMPTED MURDER VICTIM Airlifted Seaside Heights, NJ 8/16/21

OC - Seaside Heights - Lafontana Motel - 135 Grant Ave.

Around 1:40 AM SSHPD got a report of a possible GSW to the temple of a male at the Lafontana Motel. PD arrived and assessed the patient and started to secure the scene for tri-boro to move in. They found two guns in the motel room and one person who was possible once unconscious and now alert and talking with PD. PD was trying to determine if it was an actual GSW or a cut on his forehead from falling over. Minutes later it was a confirmed GSW, Tri-Boro called for a bird for the patient and an LZ was set up by Station 45 Seaside Park at J-Street. The scene is under lockdown as CSI, Ocean County Sheriffs, and the SSHPD investigating the cause of the shooting. There were 3 witnesses to the shooting who were being questioned by detectives at the scene. The condition of the victim is unknown at this time.