A New Jersey-based actor who performed minor roles in a number of Hollywood movies is accused of taking pictures a lady within the face close to Stockton College, resulting in a lockdown on the college that lasted for a couple of hours on Thursday.
Ernest Heinz, 46, of Port Republic, New Jersey, was arrested and charged with tried murder, aggravated assault with a firearm, and different associated offenses.
The incident unfolded shortly earlier than 1 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 11, exterior the doorway of Stockton College on W. Jimmie Leeds Street in Galloway Township, New Jersey.
A girl known as 911 and mentioned she had been shot within the face by one other driver who fled north onto Vera King Ferris Drive on Stockton College’s campus.
A responding police officer spoke to the girl who described the shooter as a person with blonde hair and a ponytail who was driving a white Honda SUV. The lady was then taken to the hospital and positioned in steady situation.
A shelter-in-place was issued for Stockton College as police looked for the suspect who they ultimately recognized as Ernest Wesley Heinz. Heinz was then positioned at a house in Galloway Township’s Blue Herron Pines Improvement and brought into custody, police mentioned. The shelter-in-place at Stockton College was additionally lifted.
Police executed search warrants at three houses in Port Republic, a house in Galloway Township and two automobiles throughout the investigation. Heinz is at present lodged within the Atlantic County Justice Facility.
Based on his IMDB web page, Heinz is an actor and producer who had minor or uncredited roles in a number of movies and tv reveals, together with “J. Edgar,” “The Prestige,” and an episode of “The Sopranos” by which he performed a thief.
His IMDB web page additionally states he’s a cousin of Martin Richards, the late Hollywood movie producer whose credit included “The Shining” and “Chicago.”
