Kashyne Grant, 19, was shot in Jersey City on the afternoon of Friday, October 11, 2024, in the area of Garfield Avenue and Brown Place. Officers found him with a gunshot wound to his upper body shortly before 5 p.m.; he was taken to Jersey City Medical Center and died there just after 10 a.m. on Monday, October 14, 2024.

The case was investigated by the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide Unit together with the Jersey City Police Department. On Monday, October 21, 2024, a 14-year-old male from Jersey City was arrested on Bergen Avenue and charged as a juvenile with murder, unlawful possession of a weapon, and possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose. Because the suspect is a minor, his identity and further details are confidential under juvenile court proceedings.

Anyone who was in the Garfield Avenue and Brown Place area that afternoon or has information about the shooting is asked to come forward.