HUDSON COUNTY, NJ. (THECOUNT) — Alshaquire Duval, Newark, New Jersey, has been identified as the victim in a fatal shooting Wednesday night Hudson County.

Duval, 21, was shot dead at a Jersey City park Wednesday night.

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According to reports, Duval was found suffering from apparent gunshot wound to the head in the area of Triangle Park Community Center on Old Bergen Road in Greenville, Jersey City, around 8:30 p.m. Wednesday.

Duval was pronounced deceased at the scene of gunshot injuries.

The prosecutor’s office’s Homicide Unit and the Jersey City Police Department are actively investigating the homicide.

In 2018, Duval charged with aggravated assault, criminal attempted homicide, weapons possession offenses, resisting arrest by fleeing and receiving stolen property. Duval was additionally charged with resisting arrest by physical force.

Anyone with possible information should contact the Office of the Hudson County Prosecutor at 201-915-1345 or to leave an anonymous tip at: http://www.hudsoncountyprosecutorsofficenj.org/homicide-tip/. All information will be kept confidential.

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Geo quick facts: Hudson County, a county in the U.S. state of New Jersey, lies west of the lower Hudson River, which was named for Henry Hudson, the sea captain who explored the area in 1609. Part of New Jersey’s Gateway Region in the New York metropolitan area, Jersey City is its largest city and county seat – Wikipedia.