In the early hours of August 27, 2022, a shooting at the Top Tier Hookah Lounge on Hooper Avenue in Toms River, New Jersey, left 25-year-old Nymere Tinsley of Brick Township dead from a gunshot wound to the lower abdomen. Two other men were wounded: Anthony Miller, 29, of Neptune Township, was shot in the stomach, and Jamal Bland, 24, of Asbury Park, suffered a gunshot wound to his elbow; both were treated at a local medical center and released.

Investigators from the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office Major Crime Unit, the Toms River Township Police Department Detective Bureau, and the Ocean County Sheriff’s Office Crime Scene Investigation Unit identified 22-year-old Eric Manzanares of Asbury Park as the suspect and issued a warrant charging him with murder, attempted murder, aggravated assault, and weapons offenses. Manzanares was later arrested in Prince William County, Virginia, and extradited to Ocean County. An Ocean County grand jury indicted Manzanares on those charges in August 2024. The Top Tier Hookah Lounge was shut down by Toms River officials after the shooting for multiple zoning and code violations.

Does anyone have information about the evening at the lounge or the people who were there that night?