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CAMDEN - A city man has been charged in connection with a fatal shooting here last month.
Kyree Johnson, 30, allegedly opened fire on Lamar Maye on the afternoon of April 6 as the victim sat in a car on the 1200 block of Lakeshore Drive,
Maye, a 46-year-old Camden resident, died after being taken to a hospital.
Johnson was located in Atlantic City and taken into custody Wednesday. He is charged with murder and absconding parole.
Johnson was being held in Camden County Jail, pending a detention hearing.
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Alleged shooter arrested after man found dead in car, police say
Updated 9:24 PM;
Kyree Johnson, 30, of Camden, was arrested Wednesday and charged with first degree murder and absconding parole, according to a joint statement from the Camden County Prosecutor’s Office and the Camden County Police.
Officers were called to 1200 block of Lakeshore Drive on April 6 shortly after 4 p.m. and found Lamar Maye, 46, of Camden, police said. Maye was rushed him to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead at 4:23 p.m., authorities said.
An investigation alleged Johnson was the shooter, and he was eventually found in Atlantic City and arrested Wednesday by members of the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force – Camden Division, the office said.
CAMDEN - A city man was fatally shot here Tuesday, ending a period of more than six weeks without deadly violence in Camden.
Lamar Maye, 46, was found shortly after 4 p.m. in a car on the 1200 block of Lake Shore Drive, according to the Camden County Prosecutor s Office.
Maye, who d been shot several times, died a short time later at an area hospital.
An investigation into the shooting was underway. No arrests were announced.
Maye s death was the city s seventh homicide this year and the first since Feb. 21. In contrast, Camden had two homicides at this time in 2020.
Anyone with information is asked to call Prosecutor s Detective Matthew Barber at 856-225-5166 or Camden County Police Det. John Waida at 856-757-7420.
Man found shot multiple times in car in N.J. city dies, police say
Updated 10:58 PM;
An investigation was underway Tuesday after a man who was found shot multiple times in a car in Camden died, authorities said.
Officers were called to 1200 block of Lakeshore Drive shortly after 4 p.m. and found the man, later identified as Lamar Maye, 46, of Camden, and rushed him to a local hospital, according to a joint statement from the Camden County Police Department and the Camden County Prosecutor’s Office.
Maye was pronounced dead at the hospital at 4:23 p.m., the police said.
Detectives were working to determine what led to the shooting and who was involved, the office said.