Wildwood, NJ, Man Sentenced for 2024 Shooting of Student
- The 2024 shooting happened outside of a popular bar in Wildwood
A Wildwood man is headed to prison for almost two decades for shooting an international student worker in the summer of 2024.
Earlier this week, 42-year-old William Hoyle was sentenced to 18 years in state prison on a first-degree attempted murder charge.
Shooting Occurred in Wildwood in July 2024
On July 9th, 2024, officers from the Wildwood Police Department responded to a shots-fired report in the area of 3817 Pacific Avenue. At the scene, authorities located a 20-year-old woman from Lithuania who had been shot in the head.
She was taken to AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center in Atlantic City for treatment of her injuries and later released.
Following an extensive investigation conducted by the Cape May County Prosecutor's Office and the Wildwood Police Department, the suspect was identified as Hoyle, who had fled the scene before police arrived.
Hoyle later turned himself in to the Camden Police Department.
Not the Intended Target
According to reporting from New Jersey 101.5, the young woman was in New Jersey on a student visa, working for Morey's Piers that summer. Cape May County Prosecutor Jeffrey Sutherland said she was an innocent bystander and not Hoyle's intended target.
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