Trio Charged In March 2025 Long Branch Fatal Shooting
Sunday, December 21, 2025, 7:45 A.M. ET. 2 Minute Read, By Art Fletcher: Englebrook Independent News,
LONG BRANCH, NJ.- Last Tuesday, Monmouth County Prosecutor Eaymond S. Santiago reported that a Monmouth County Grand Jury has returned a 10-count indictment against three local men in connection with fatally gunning down an 18-year-old Long Branch, New Jersey man that took place in March 2025.
The Grand Jury charged Aiden Terlecki, 19, of Middletown, New Jersey, Joshua Moore, 21, of Neptune City, New Jersey, and Jahsaad M. Banks, 19, of Asbury Park, New Jersey, with one count each of first-degree Murder; first-degree Conspiracy to Commit Murder; two counts of second-degree Unlawful Possession of a Weapon; two counts of second-degree Possession of a Weapon for an Unlawful Purpose; and three counts of third-degree Hindering Apprehension.
The Grand Jury additionally charged Moore with one count of second-degree Certain Persons Not to Possess a Weapon.
On Sunday, March 16, 2025, just shortly after 12:30 p.m., members of the Long Branch Police Department responded to reports of a shooting in the immediate area of the John R. Lewis Commons. Upon arrival, Responding Police Officers found a man, later identified as Tristan Reeves, 18, of Long Branch, New Jersey, on the ground suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. Mr. Reeves was transported to an area hospital, where, despite life-saving efforts, he succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced deceased a short time later.
An investigation by Detectives of the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office Major Crimes Bureau and the Long Branch Police Department led to Terlecki, Moore, and Banks being identified as the persons responsible for the shooting death of Mr. Reeves.
Terlecki was located and taken into custody during the evening hours of Thursday, October 9, 2025, by members of the Port Authority Police Department and remains in custody in the Monmouth County Correctional Institution. Moore was taken into custody on Thursday, October 2, 2025. Moore also remains in custody in the Monmouth County Correctional Institution pending future court proceedings in Monmouth County Superior Court.
Banks was also in custody in the Monmouth County Correctional Institution on an unrelated charge. Banks and Moore were ordered detained during a pretrial detention hearing on Wednesday, October 16, 2025, before Monmouth County Superior Court Judge Henry P. Butehorn.
If convicted at trial, Terlecki, Moore, and Banks each face a maximum of life in New Jersey State Prison. Moore would face an additional ten years in State Prison on the Certain Persons Not to Possess Weapons offense.
“The rules of the court require us to include a statement that states: The charges outlined in this publication are merely accusations, and the defendant and or defendants are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond reasonable doubt.”
