Shooting

ACPO MAJOR CRIMES UNIT INVESTIGATING FATAL PLEASANTVILLE SHOOTING
PLEASANTVILLE- The Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office Major Crimes Unit and the Pleasantville Police Department are actively investigating a shooting that occurred on Thursday, April 8, 2021, that left one man dead and two others wounded, Atlantic County Prosecutor Damon G. Tyner announced. On Thursday at 2:57 p.m., 911 calls were received at the Pleasantville Police …

MAN CONVICTED FOR THE SHOOTING OF 2 EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP POLICE OFFICERS DENIED HIS LATEST APPEAL
MAYS LANDING- Christopher Blank who was sentenced to 85 years in prison for the shooting of two Egg Harbor Township police officers during a 2006 motor vehicle stop has been denied his latest appeal by the United States 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals in a written opinion issued on March 30, 2020. In 2008, an …

NJ SUPREME COURT RULES SOMERS POINT MAN CONVICTED OF MURDER WAS NOT STRIPPED OF CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT FOR PRIVATE COUNSEL
MAYS LANDING- The New Jersey Supreme Court has ruled that a Somers Point man whose request was denied for a new attorney was not stripped of a constitutional right. Luis Maisonet who was convicted of murder in December 2017, filed a direct appeal on April 10, 2018, and argued among other issues, that his constitutional …

2 MEN CHARGED WITH FELONY MURDER IN JANUARY 2020 FATAL SHOOTING OF ARTURO BARRERA III
MAYS LANDING- Two men have been arrested and charged with felony murder, robbery and weapons offenses in the fatal January 2020, shooting of 24 year-old Arturo Barrera III, Atlantic County Prosecutor Damon G. Tyner announced. “I want to commend the detectives of the Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office, along with our local, state, and federal partners, …

ACPO MAJOR CRIMES UNIT INVESTIGATING DOUBLE SHOOTING THAT KILLED ATLANTIC CITY MAN, WOUNDED ANOTHER
MAYS LANDING- The Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office Major Crimes Unit is actively investigating a double shooting that occurred on Monday, March 1, 2021, when an Atlantic City man was fatally shot and another city man suffered a gunshot wound, Atlantic County Prosecutor Damon G. Tyner announced. On Monday, Atlantic City Police received 911 calls for …

ATLANTIC CITY MAN INDICTED ON FELONY MURDER, ROBBERY, WEAPONS CHARGES IN FATAL 2020 SHOOTING
MAYS LANDING- An Atlantic County Grand Jury has handed up an indictment against a 23 year-old Atlantic City man for the August 2020, fatal shooting of Wayne Brown, Atlantic County Prosecutor Damon G. Tyner announced. Keshawn T. Faulkner, of Atlantic City, is indicted on the following charges for the murder of 25 year-old Wayne Brown: …

NYC MAN IDENTIFIED AS FATAL SHOOTING VICTIM IN FRIDAY NIGHT HOMICIDE IN ATLANTIC CITY
ATLANTIC CITY- The Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office Major Crimes Unit has identified the victim of a fatal shooting that occurred Friday night on February 5, 2021 in Atlantic City, Atlantic County Prosecutor Damon G. Tyner announced. On February 5, 2021, at approximately 9:27 p.m., the Atlantic City Police Department was notified of a shooting on …

ACPO MAJOR CRIMES UNIT INVESTIGATING FATAL SHOOTING IN ATLANTIC CITY
MAYS LANDING- The Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office Major Crimes Unit is investigating a fatal shooting that occurred Friday night on February 5, 2021, Atlantic County Prosecutor Damon G. Tyner announced. On February 5, 2021, at approximately 9:27 p.m., the Atlantic City Police Department was notified of a shooting on the 1300 block of Pacific Avenue. Atlantic …

SOMERS POINT MAN CHARGED IN FATAL ATLANTIC CITY SHOOTING
MAYS LANDING- A Somers Point man has been arrested and charged with multiple offenses in connection to the Nov. 22 fatal shooting in Atlantic City, Atlantic County Prosecutor Damon G. Tyner announced. Oshshakkur Derrick, 24, is charged with the following offenses: Felony murder Kidnapping Unlawful Possession of a Weapon Attempted Robbery Robbery Attempted Murder On …

MAN & WOMAN INDICTED IN FATAL JUNE SHOOTING OF 17 YEAR-OLD MALE IN ATLANTIC CITY
MAYS LANDING – A man and woman were indicted Thursday, December 10, 2020, in connection to the fatal June shooting of a 17 year-old male in Atlantic City, Atlantic County Prosecutor Damon G. Tyner announced. Lewis Johnson Lewis Johnson, 31, of Newark, NJ, and Shaquana Lewis 35, of Pleasantville, were arrested in June and charged …