BRICK - Township police made 19 arrests over a four-day span last week as part of an expanded enforcement effort following a shooting near Brick Memorial High School that unnerved many in the community.

After the shooting Oct. 22 and a second shooting nearby a few days prior, Brick police added officers to two units focusing on street crime and stepped up patrols "in areas known for criminal activity," police Sgt. Jim Kelly said in a news release.

The increased patrols led to 19 arrests from Oct. 23 — the day after the shooting near the high school — through Oct. 26 for offenses including drug possession and distribution, possession of drug paraphernalia, disorderly conduct, hindering apprehension and outstanding warrants, Kelly said. The drugs involved included crack cocaine, heroin, ecstasy and marijuana, police said.

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Those 19 arrests do not include two juveniles who have been charged in connection with the Oct. 22 shooting that left a 16-year-old boy with a grazing gunshot wound to the arm. No arrests have so far been announced related to a shooting Oct. 19 in the Briar Mills community that authorities have said was linked to the shooting three days later.

The Oct. 22 shooting, which locked down several township schools after the victim was let into the high school, raised fears about school security and spurred calls for action from officials to curb violence in the area.

Police Chief James Riccio added officers to the department's Selective Enforcement Team, which focuses on issues like street crime, gang activity and crowd control, according to the department's website. The department also expanded its Drug Enforcement Unit, Kelly said.

The units worked with the Ocean County Sheriff's Office and the Narcotics Strike Force of the Ocean County Prosecutor's Office in the days after the shooting to target areas the department identified as crime prone. The targeted areas included neighborhoods frequented by the two teens arrested in connection with last week's shooting, Kelly said.

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“Our community was shaken by the senseless acts of violence which occurred last week," Riccio said in a statement. "It’s important for our residents to know that we will always do everything we can to keep our community safe and our township peaceful,”

Two boys — ages 16 and 17 — have been charged with four counts of attempted murder and weapons offenses in connection with the shooting near the high school. One was arrested after police executed a no-knock search warrant in Asbury Park and a second suspect turned himself in to police Saturday, authorities have said.

Police said they are now confident all perpetrators of the shooting near the high school are in custody.

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