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Police ID suspect in fatal shooting outside N.J. Wawa
NJ.com • • nation
Key Points:
- Douglas Cobb, 51, of Toms River, is wanted for murder and unlawful possession of a weapon in connection with the fatal shooting of Bruce Gress, 42, at a Toms River Wawa on Friday morning.
- Police responded to the scene at about 7:20 a.m., finding Gress with a gunshot wound to the head; he was pronounced dead at Jersey Shore University Medical Center.
- Cobb, also known as Douglas Green and nicknamed ‘Bootknock,’ is considered a fugitive and was last seen driving a black 2016 Acura MDX with New Jersey license plate T93YJL.
- A warrant for Cobb’s arrest has been issued, and he has been entered into the National Crime Information Center database; authorities urge him to turn himself in peacefully.
- Anyone with information is asked to contact the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Major Crimes Unit or the Toms River Township Police Department.
