Crime & Safety
55th Killing in Camden Comes 2 Days Before Christmas
Camden's homicide total is now its third-highest ever.
A 64-year-old man who was found shot to death in his Morgan Village apartment is Camden’s 55th killing of 2013, Camden County Prosecutor Warren W. Faulk and Camden County Police Chief J. Scott Thomson said.
Dennis Black was found dead in his apartment at Crestbury Apartments off Morgan Boulevard just after 7 p.m. Tuesday, Faulk said.
Black had been shot several times, and died from those gunshot wounds, Faulk said.
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His death pushes Camden’s homicide total to its third-highest mark in history, trailing only last year’s record 67 killings and 1995’s 58.
Anyone with information on Black’s shooting is asked to contact Camden County Prosecutor’s Office Detective Frank Simpson at 609-422-7518 or Camden County Police Detective Ryan Bellat at 856-757-7420. Information can also be emailed to ccpotips@ccprosecutor.org.
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