Derek L. Bussey, a 27-year-old Black man, was fatally shot in Asbury Park, New Jersey, on the night of August 9, 2023. Just after 11:45 p.m. gunfire was reported on Atkins Avenue between Adams Street and Boston Way. Officers found Bussey with multiple gunshot wounds and he was taken to Jersey Shore University Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead shortly after midnight.

The Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office Major Crimes Bureau and the Asbury Park Police Department opened a joint homicide investigation.

If anyone was in the Atkins Avenue area that night or has information about who shot Derek Bussey, please contact investigators.