In a situation that has become too familiar this year, another young man has been shot in the Booker T. Washington projects in Jersey City.
The Jersey Journal reports: “A 27-year-old Jersey City man was fatally shot in the head early this morning, Hudson County Prosecutor Edward DeFazio said.
“Christopher Felder, of Stegman Street, was shot in the back of his head in the courtyard of Booker T. Washington housing complex at Bright and Fremont streets at around 3 a.m. The bullet exited just over his right eye, DeFazio said.
“DeFazio said investigators believe he died from the single gunshot wound but said but an autopsy report will determine the the exact cause and manner of death.”
The story says that robbery is not believed to be a motive. Some of the shootings in that area in the last year have been said to be gang related, and possibly related to each other. It is not known if this one fits into that category.
Felder graduated from Dickinson High School in Jersey City in 2000.