An 18-year-old recent New Brunswick High School graduate, Fernando Buezo Diaz, was shot and killed in Pine Street Park on October 8, 2025. Officers who responded around 11:32 p.m. found him unconscious; he had suffered fatal gunshot wounds and was pronounced dead at the scene. Family members described him as an exemplary student-athlete, hardworking, kind and full of dreams, and a fundraiser was set up to help with funeral expenses.

Detectives from the New Brunswick Police Department and the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office say a fight broke out in the park that culminated in the shooting. Investigators identified two suspects: 20-year-old Jalen Terrell-Ingram of New Brunswick, charged October 10 with first-degree conspiracy to commit murder and weapons offenses, surrendered October 13; and a 17-year-old male from North Brunswick, taken into custody October 15 and charged with acts of juvenile delinquency that would amount to murder, conspiracy and weapons violations if he were an adult. The investigation remains active and authorities are seeking information from the community.

If anyone was in or near Pine Street Park the night of October 8 and saw anything that could help, please come forward.