Three people have been charged in connection to a July 2022 fatal shooting in Bayonne, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez announced.
By John Heinis/Hudson County View
Mitchell Watson, 22, of Salem, is charged with murder, conspiracy to commit murder, two counts of unlawful possession of a weapon (handgun), and two counts of possession of weapon for an unlawful purpose (handgun), Suarez said in a statement.
He was arrested in Salem, on Thursday, June 29th, and is being held at the Hudson County Correctional Facility pending his first court appearance.
Hafis Jackson, 20, of Salem, is charged with murder or (accomplice liability) conspiracy to commit murder, two counts of unlawful possession of a weapon (handgun) and two counts of possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose (handgun).
He is currently in custody at the Howard R. Young Correctional Institution in Wilmington, Delaware, on unrelated charges.
Daynajah Payne, 24, of Irvington, is charged with murder (accomplice liability) and conspiracy to commit murder.
She was arrested in Long Valley yesterday and is being detained at the Hudson County Correctional Facility pending her first court appearance.
On July 27th, 2022, at approximately 4:27 a.m., the Bayonne Police Department received a report of shots fired in the area of 21st Street and Avenue A.
Upon arrival, responding officers found a male victim inside of a vehicle on West 21st Street, west of Avenue A.
The victim – later identified as Damoi Davauni Campbell, 23, of New York – was pronounced dead at the scene.
The Regional Medical Examiner’s Office determined the cause of death to be gunshot wounds to the back and the manner of death to be homicide.
Suarez credited the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide Unit, the Bayonne Police Department, the U.S. Marshals Service New York/New Jersey Regional Fugitive Task Force, the New Jersey State Parole Board, the Salem County Prosecutor’s Office, the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office, the New York Police Department, the Salem Police Department, the Washington Township Police Department, and the Wilmington Delaware Police Department with the investigation and arrest.
This investigation is active and ongoing. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Office of the Hudson County Prosecutor at 201-915-1345 or to leave an anonymous tip at: http://www.hudsoncountyprosecutorsofficenj.org/homicide-tip/.
