Berkeley Township NJ News

Authorities are investigating a triple homicide in Berkeley Township, Ocean County. Three victims were fatally shot; the suspected shooter died at Community Medical Center. Details remain limited.

Seven juveniles were injured when a flash fire erupted from a backyard fire pit during a New Year's Eve bonfire in Berkeley Township. Several were treated at area hospitals and released. Authorities are investigating.

Some good news to report: a situation Tuesday evening in Ocean County that involved an armed barricaded man ended peacefully.

Authorities in Ocean County say a husband and wife were both shot by their next-door neighbor Monday afternoon before he took his own life.

Authorities say a patient at a rehab facility in Ocean County is in critical condition after being assaulted by two certified nursing assistants.

Firefighters made "good progress" on Tuesday on the Fishers Pit Wildfire putting out hotspots along the fire’s perimeter and strengthening containment lines.

Firefighters in Ocean County had difficulty getting a handle on the fire early because of its “erratic behavior,” according to the state Forest Fire Service.

The 4-year-old boy died on Monday after he was rescued three days earlier from a backyard swimming pool in South Seaside Park.

A four-year-old boy is hospitalized in critical but stable condition after a rescue in Ocean County this Labor Day weekend.

A man from Trenton is headed to prison in connection to a fentanyl-related death in Ocean County late last year.