A 29-year-old Edison resident is in stable condition in a New Brunswick hospital after being shot in the chest early today.
EDISON -- A 29-year-old man was shot in the chest in a parking lot of the Kilmer Home Apartments early Tuesday morning, police said.
Edison police Lt. Robert Dudash said the victim, a tenant at the apartment complex on Truman Drive, was in stable condition in the intensive-care unit at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick after emergency surgery to remove the bullet.
Dudash said officers were sent to 117 Truman Drive just before 12:45 a.m. after the victim's wife dialed 911, saying she was awakened by her injured husband's calls for help outside their apartment's front door.
The woman told police she found him bleeding from a gunshot wound before he collapsed onto the floor, where he was found by Officers Michael Haley, Daniel Bradley, Brian Freund, Timothy Hutson, Matthew Mieczkowski, and Lt. Jason Gerba.
Dudash said officers searched the apartment building, its grounds and streets in the area for the gunman, but didn't find anyone.
He said Detective William Colletto reported finding several shell casings in the street outside and bullet holes in the victim's gray Acura TL, parked outside his building.
Dudash said Edison police are working with the Middlesex County Prosecutor's Office to find the gunman involved in the shooting. Anyone with information is asked to call Edison Detective Michael Michalski at (732) 248-7525.
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