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Public's Help Sought In Shooting Of South Jersey Teenager Public's Help Sought In Shooting Of South Jersey Teenager
Public's Help Sought In Shooting Of South Jersey Teenager Authorities seek the public's help providing information about a shooting that took place in Burlington County. The shooting occurred at about 10:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 1 in the 200 block of Ivy Road in Edgewater Park Township, according to Burlington County Prosecutor LaChia L. Bradshaw and Edgewater Park Township Police Chief Brett Evans. The victim, a 16-year-old male, suffered a non-life-threatening injury to his leg, they said. Anyone with information concerning the shooting is asked to call the Edgewater Park Township Detective Bureau at 609-877-3290 or send an email to tips@co.…

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by Jon Craig
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South Jersey Man In Police Standoff Charged With Killing Another Man With Baseball Bat South Jersey Man In Police Standoff Charged With Killing Another Man With Baseball Bat
South Jersey Man In Police Standoff Charged With Killing Another Man With Baseball Bat The man who barricaded himself inside a Beverly City residence last week has been charged with killing a man in the home prior to the ensuing standoff with law enforcement, authorities said. Larry Brown, 27, was charged Tuesday, June 21 with murder and weapons offenses, according to Burlington County Acting Prosecutor LaChia L. Bradshaw and Beverly City Public Safety Director Rich Wolbert. Brown was served with the warrant at the Prosecutor’s Office. He has been held in the Burlington County Jail in Mount Holly on charges stemming from the June 14 incident at the Bentley Avenue residen…

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by Jon Craig
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Man Shot Dead, Woman Wounded In Car In South Jersey: Prosecutor Man Shot Dead, Woman Wounded In Car In South Jersey: Prosecutor
Man Shot Dead, Woman Wounded In Car In South Jersey: Prosecutor UPDATED: A man and a woman were found shot in a car in South Jersey, authorities said. The shooting took place just before 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 27 on the 200 block of Ivy Road in Edgewater Park Towship, according to Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina alongside Edgewater Park Police Chief Brett Evans. Sameil M. Barrett, 23, of Willingboro was fatally shot while sitting inside a parked car, they said. A 21-year-old woman who was in the car with Barrett also was struck by gunfire.  The man was pronounced dead at the scene and the woman was transported to Cooper Universit…

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by Jon Craig
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2nd Suspect Surrenders In South Jersey Double Fatal Shooting, Burlington Prosecutor Says 2nd Suspect Surrenders In South Jersey Double Fatal Shooting, Burlington Prosecutor Says
2nd Suspect Surrenders In South Jersey Double Fatal Shooting, Burlington Prosecutor Says A 34-year-old fugitive from Burlington County has become the second person charged in connection with a fatal double shooting, authorities said. Two people were shot dead during a birthday party in January, according to  Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina and Edgewater Park Township Police Chief Robert D. Hess. David Armstrong, of Beaverdale Lane, was charged with two counts of first-degree murder,  conspiracy to commit murder and several weapons charges, they said. Armstrong turned himself at Willingboro Township police station on Tuesday, Coffina said.  Armst…

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by Jon Craig
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Shooting Victims ID'd In South Jersey Shooting Victims ID'd In South Jersey
Shooting Victims ID'd In South Jersey Two men were shot and killed on Saturday at an apartment complex in Burlington County, authorities said. The victims were parked in a vehicle on Woodlane Road in Edgewater Park when the shooting occurred, according to Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina and Edgewater Park Township Police Chief Robert D. Hess. An investigation began after officers from the Edgewater Park Township Police Department were called to the Orchard Park Apartments at 12:20 a.m. for a reported shooting. Shots had been fired into a vehicle containing four occupants, fatally striking the driver and a rear-…

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by Jon Craig
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Birthday Party Shooting Leaves 2 NJ Men Dead Birthday Party Shooting Leaves 2 NJ Men Dead
Birthday Party Shooting Leaves 2 NJ Men Dead Authorities in Burlington County have identified the two men killed in a birthday party shooting as a pair of 29-year-old men. The bodies of James Gist III, 29, of Westampton and Marcus Thompson, 29, of Willingboro, were found by police at a home on the 200 block of Dogwood Road around 1 a.m. Sunday, Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina said. Both men were pronounced dead at the scene. Approximately 10 people had gathered at the house to celebrate a birthday when someone fired a weapon, Coffina said alongside Edgewater Park Police Chief Robert D. Hess. Gist and T…

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by Cecilia Levine