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Woman shot on fishing vessel in Port of Cape May

October 5, 2015 — The New Jersey State Police said a Lower Township man was arrested for attempted murder after he shot a Whitesboro woman aboard a fishing vessel docked at Lund’s Fisheries.

Capt. Stephen Jones of the State Police said Ernest Davis, 43, of Lower Township was being held in the Cape May County Correctional Center in lieu of $1 million cash bail, charged with attempted murder, aggravated assault, and weapons charges related to the shooting.

Jones said Lower Township Police Department called in the state police after they responded to Lund’s Fisheries at the Port of Cape May, Oct. 3, at around 10:32 p.m., after the report of a person being shot. After determining the shooting was aboard the fishing vessel Storm, the LTPD called the State Police, which responded with officers from their Marine Bureau.

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