BOUND BROOK - Police are continuing their investigation into the shooting death of a 27-year-old borough man Monday evening.

William Roberts, of Church Street, was shot in the torso at about 6:23 p.m. in the area of Church Street and East Second Street, about a block from Bound Brook Community Middle School. A makeshift memorial to Roberts has been set up at the intersection.

Somerset County Prosecutor Michael Robertson said detectives have received limited cooperation from potential eyewitnesses. He is urging anyone who may have been present or observed the shooting to contact authorities.

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Anyone with information is asked to contact the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office Major Crimes Unit at 908-231-7100, the Bound Brook Police Department at 732-356-0800, or the Somerset County Crime Stoppers’ Tip Line at 1-888-577-TIPS (8477) or online at www.888577tips.org or www.scpo.net and click on either “Crime Stoppers” or “TIPS HOTLINE.” All Crime Stopper tipsters will remain anonymous.

After receiving numerous 911 calls reporting the shooting, police rushed to the scene and found Roberts. The officers, along with medical first responders from the Bound Brook Rescue Squad and Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Somerset in Somerville, performed lifesaving measures on Roberts, Robertson said.

Roberts was taken to a trauma center for emergency treatment and was rushed into emergency surgery, where he succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced dead.

Detectives have established that the shooting was an isolated incident and the victim was the intended target, Robertson said.

Staff Writer Mike Deak: 908-243-6607; mdeak@mycentraljersey.com