US EditionActor in Custody After Road Rage Shooting Near New Jersey University
Ernest Heinz, 48, charged with attempted homicide and multiple firearm offenses after shooting a woman in a road rage incident that caused a three-hour university lockdown.
- Ernest Wesley Heinz, a 46-year-old actor, is accused of firing a shot that struck Maritza Arias-Galva in the upper part of her nose amid a dispute on the road near Stockton University on September 11, 2025.
- The incident began when Heinz cut off the woman at a red light, yelled, threatened to kill her, fired a single shot, then fled onto Stockton University campus prompting a lockdown.
- Arias-Galva described Heinz as a white male with blonde hair and a ponytail driving a white Honda SUV, which helped police track him down later that day.
- Captain Mark D’Esposito stated that as the vehicle neared the traffic signal, the man shouted at the woman, extended his arm out the car window, and discharged one shot, adding that police possessed substantial evidence connecting Heinz to the offense.
- Heinz was taken into custody at a home in the Blue Heron Pines Development, charged with attempted homicide and related offenses, is currently detained at the Atlantic County Justice Facility, and is scheduled for a court appearance later this week.
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Actor in custody after road rage shooting near New Jersey university
GALLOWAY TWP., N.J. (WPHL) -- Actor Ernest Wesley Heinz is accused of being responsible for a shooting near Stockton University that sent the school into lockdown and one woman to the hospital on Thursday. Friday afternoon, the Galloway Township Police Department announced Heinz, 46, of Port Republic, New Jersey, is facing charges after the road-rage-related incident. According to Heinz's IMDb profile, he has been featured in uncredited and mino…
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A 46-year-old actor, Ernest Wesley Heinz, who had minor, uncredited roles in The Sopranos and The Prestige, is charged with attempted homicide. He allegedly shot a woman in the upper nose during a road rage incident. According to a release issued by the Galloway Township Police Department (GTPD), the incident occurred on Thursday, September 11. GTPD officers responded to a shooting call, reportedly made by the victim, Maritza Arias-Galva. She to…
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