Pleasantville Man Charged In Mays Landing Shooting Released Pending Trial

A Pleasantville man charged with shooting into a car of people outside the Mays Landing Popeyes may have been a victim, his attorney said at his detention hearing Monday. BreakingAC.com reports Christian Ruiz, who turned 18 last month, faces 23 counts in the incident that ended with the driver shot in the head. The charges include six counts each of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, aggravated assault by pointing a firearm and aggravated assault by discharging a firearm into a vehicle for each person inside the car. He was released pending trial.