FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Caitlin Mota
PHONE: (201) 577-6699
EMAIL: cmota@hcpo.org
DATE: Friday, July 14, 2023

MAN CHARGED IN CONNECTION WITH FATAL SHOOTING ON DANFORTH AVENUE IN JERSEY CITY

Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez has released the following information:

On Thursday, July 13, 2023, members of the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide Unit arrested a 28-year-old man in connection with the fatal shooting of Khalil King in Jersey City on April 23, 2023.

Anton Mair, of Jersey City, is charged with Murder in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:11-3a(1); Unlawful Possession of a Weapon in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:39-5b; and Possession of a Weapon for an Unlawful Purpose in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:39-4a(1). He was arrested at a residence on East 12th Street in Bayonne and transported to the Hudson County Correctional Facility pending his first court appearance.

On Sunday, April 23, 2023, at approximately 12 a.m., the Jersey City Police Department received a report of shots fired on Danforth Avenue in Jersey City. Upon arrival, responding officers located an unresponsive male – later identified as Khalil King, 23, of Fayetteville, North Carolina – inside a retail establishment at 152 Danforth Avenue with an apparent gunshot wound. He was pronounced dead at the scene at approximately 12:16 a.m. The Regional Medical Examiner’s Office determined the Cause of Death to be a Gunshot Wound to the Head and the Manner to be Homicide.

Prosecutor Suarez credited the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide Unit, the Jersey City Police Department, and the Bayonne Police Department with the investigation and arrest. The above charges are merely accusations and the defendant is presumed innocent until proven guilty. R.P.C.3.6(b)(6)