Update: Hunt continues for gunman in Franklin shooting

FRANKLIN (Somerset) – Authorities are seeking the public's help in capturing a 21-year-old township resident who police say fired a gun into a parked car, narrowly missing the target.

Devin Alexander, of Hamilton Street in the township's Somerset section, remains on the loose after township police arrested the man they said drove his getaway car in the Saturday night shooting on Ambrose Street.

Update: Alexander is charged with first-degree attempted murder, first-degree unlawful possession of a weapon, and second-degree possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, said Somerset County Prosecutor Geoffrey Soriano on Monday night.

Soriano said detectives are urging Alexander to surrender to law enforcement authorities and are cautioning any individual that may come into contact with him to notify police immediately and do not try to apprehend him as he may be armed

The driver — Avery C. Gorman, 21, also a township resident — was arrested Sunday evening and charged with first-degree attempted murder. Gorman was arrested after police spotted him in his 2014 Honda Accord on Stothoff Street,

Crime Stoppers of Somerset County is offering a reward of up to $1,500 for information leading to Alexander's arrest.

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Soriano said Alexander should be assumed to be armed and dangerous.

Authorities did not reveal a motive for the crime.

Last year, Alexander was charged in an armed robbery of a 20-year-old in the township. He was accused along with two others of beating up a victim and stealing his iPhone and $200 in cash.

The victim in Saturday's shooting told police he was sitting in his car before 7:09 p.m. when a dark blue Honda Accord with tinted windows pulled up in front of his car. The passenger pointed a gun at the victim and fired through the glass. Authorities did not reveal other details.

Information about the shooting can be reported to the Crime Stoppers confidential tip line at 1-888-577-8477 or www.888577tips.org.

Gorman was being held at Somerset County Jail in lieu of $500,000 cash-only bail.

Staff Writer Sergio Bichao: sbichao@mycentraljersey.com