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Kareem Rex was sentenced on two indictments to charges of second-degree aggravated assault, second-degree possession of a handgun for an unlawful purpose, and second-degree certain persons not to possess weapons.
Rex’s co-defendant, Kareem Lamb, age 16, also of Atlantic City, NJ, pleaded guilty and was sentenced as an adult on Aug. 1 on charges of aggravated assault and pointing a firearm at another person. Lamb was sentenced to a term of three years in New Jersey State Prison.
Rex and Lamb admitted to participating in a shooting involving two victims in Atlantic City in the early morning hours of May 2022. One victim was shot and required medical treatment. Rex admitted firing a handgun at the victim several times, and both he and Lamb fled on foot after the shooting. They remained at large until being apprehended by the Atlantic City Police Department following an investigation by the department’s Violent Crimes Unit.
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