Overview

• Chrystofer A. Whyte was fatally shot once on a Long Branch beach on June 12 hours after sharing his final TikTok videos from the same location
• The Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office filed juvenile complaints against an unnamed teen that include murder, conspiracy to commit unlawful weapon possession, possession of a prohibited weapon and hindering
• Eighteen-year-old Dwayne Exilus is charged with second-degree conspiracy to possess a handgun, second-degree unlawful weapon possession, third-degree hindering and fourth-degree prohibited weapon possession
• Both suspects have been detained as detectives from the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office and the Long Branch Police Department continue to investigate the shooting’s circumstances
• Whyte’s community of over 100,000 TikTok followers has mobilized in a wave of online tributes that reflect the tragic intersection of youth culture with gun violence on a popular shore destination