ELIZABETH, NJ – Fugitive Deshon Fleming, 36, of Elizabeth was apprehended Tuesday at the Flora Motel in Elizabeth by members of the Elizabeth Police Department and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms.
In February of this year, Fleming was charged with first degree murder, second degree unlawful possession of a firearm and second degree possession of a firearm for unlawful purpose in connection with the fatal shooting of Shamar Brown, 34, of Elizabeth.
On December 16, 2021 at approximately 8:30pm, the police responded to the intersection of Second and Bond Streets for a shooting. Brown was pronounced dead at the scene from a gunshot wound.
Fleming was identified as the shooter through an investigation led by the Union County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide Task Force and the Elizabeth Police Department, with the assistance of the Union County Sheriff’s Office Crime Scene Unit, the Union County Police Department Ballistics Unit and the United States Marshals Service.
“We are appreciative of the collaboration with the local and federal law enforcement agencies who assisted our Office in locating and apprehending the suspect,” Prosecutor Daniel said. “And we hope that this arrest can bring some small measure of comfort to all those grieving Mr. Brown.”
Anyone with information in this ongoing manner is being urged to contact Prosecutor’s Office Homicide Task Force Sergeant Christopher Scuorzo at 908-472-0492, Detective Richard Acosta at 908-347-0404, or Elizabeth Police Department Detective John Londono at 908-578-5192.
These criminal charges are mere accusations. Every defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty in a court of law.