In the late evening of Saturday, March 4, 2023, the life of 34-year-old Tyreef Robinson was tragically cut short on a street in Jersey City. At approximately 10:10 p.m., the Jersey City Police Department received a report of a shooting in the vicinity of 2 Bergen Avenue. Responding officers discovered Robinson, a resident of Jersey City, with a gunshot wound to his upper body.
Despite the prompt arrival of emergency services, Robinson was pronounced dead at the scene just before 10:30 p.m.
The investigation into the death of the male victim was swiftly undertaken by the Hudson County Prosecutor's Office Homicide Unit in conjunction with the Jersey City Police Department. The Regional Medical Examiner's Office later confirmed that the cause of death was a gunshot wound to the torso and lower extremities, officially ruling it a homicide. This incident marked the fourth homicide in Jersey City for the year 2023.
A significant breakthrough in the case came just days later. On March 9, 2023, authorities announced the arrest of a suspect. Brandon Montague, a 24-year-old man also from Jersey City, was charged with murder, possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, and unlawful possession of a weapon. Montague was not apprehended in New Jersey, but was located and arrested in Newport News, Virginia.
The arrest was the result of a coordinated effort between several law enforcement agencies. The United States Marshals Service Capital Area Regional Fugitive Task Force, working with the New York/New Jersey Regional Fugitive Task Force, took Montague into custody. Following his arrest, he was held at the Newport News Jail as a fugitive from justice, awaiting extradition back to New Jersey to face the charges related to the death of Tyreef Robinson.
