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.burlington.nj.us.
The investigation is being conducted by the Edgewater Park Township Police Department and the BCPO Gang, Gun and Narcotics Task Force. The lead investigator is Edgewater Park Township Detective Ewan.
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