{"id":142022,"date":"2025-09-08T16:27:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T16:27:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/142022\/"},"modified":"2025-09-08T16:27:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T16:27:07","slug":"toraya-reid-sister-of-timberwolves-naz-reid-was-shot-killed-saturday-in-new-jersey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/142022\/","title":{"rendered":"Toraya Reid, sister of Timberwolves&#8217; Naz Reid, was shot, killed Saturday in New Jersey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Toraya Reid, the sister of Timberwolves\u2019 sixth man Naz Reid, was shot and killed Saturday in New Jersey, a <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/6608367\/2025\/09\/07\/naz-reid-sister-killed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">story first reported by Jon Krawczynski at The Athletic<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Responding to a 911 call of shots fired, police arrived at the apartment building in Jackson Township, NJ, at 11 a.m. and discovered Reid, 28, dead from multiple gunshot wounds, according to the Ocean County Prosecutor\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n<p>Shaquille Green, 29, was seen fleeing the scene, according to the prosecutor\u2019s office, and was later arrested and has been charged with murder, possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose and unlawful possession of a weapon, all in connection with Reid\u2019s death. Green and Reid had a \u201cdating relationship,\u201d according to the prosecutor\u2019s office.<\/p>\n<p>Toraya was the oldest of three, with Naz in the middle, and there is a younger sister, Jakahya.<\/p>\n<p>Naz Reid is a fan favorite in Minnesota, the 2024 Sixth Man of the Year, who has been a versatile and critical part of the team\u2019s back-to-back runs to the Western Conference Finals, but also has been very active in the community. This summer he signed a five-year, $125 million contract to stay with the franchise. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Toraya Reid, the sister of Timberwolves\u2019 sixth man Naz Reid, was shot and killed Saturday in New Jersey,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":142023,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[355,99],"class_list":["post-142022","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142022","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=142022"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142022\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/142023"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=142022"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=142022"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=142022"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}