Executive Summary
- Gerard Rosario, 28, has been arrested and charged with murder and weapons offenses in the fatal shooting of Devon Reid, 39.
- Authorities allege the shooting, which occurred on May 3 in Jersey City, was the result of a road rage incident.
- Rosario was arrested on November 12 in Union City after being sought by law enforcement for approximately six months.
A Jersey City man has been arrested and charged with murder in connection with a fatal shooting that authorities allege stemmed from a road rage incident in May. Gerard Rosario, 28, was arrested on November 12 following a six-month search for his alleged role in the death of 39-year-old Devon Reid of Elizabeth.
According to the affidavit of probable cause, the incident occurred around 4 p.m. on May 3. Reid was discovered in the driver’s seat of his pickup truck with a gunshot wound to the neck after crashing into a tree near Old Bergen Road and Merritt Street. He was transported to a local hospital where he died approximately three hours later.
Court documents state that Reid and Rosario were involved in a dispute moments before the crash. Surveillance footage from the area allegedly shows Rosario firing a shot into Reid’s vehicle. Authorities have indicated that the two men did not know each other, though the specific cause of the road rage incident was not detailed in the court filings.
A witness reportedly identified Rosario shortly after the shooting. He was apprehended in Union City after being sought by law enforcement for about six months. Rosario now faces murder and weapons charges. It is important to note that all individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.