NOTE: Initial reports of this incident indicated one victim had been stabbed. That information is inaccurate and was not provided by our office.
Burlington County Prosecutor LaChia L. Bradshaw and Bordentown Township Police Department Officer-in-Charge Lt. Frank Nucera III announced that two people were fatally shot late last night outside of a Bordentown Township convenience store.
Police were called to the 7-Eleven/Valero gas station at the intersection of Route 130 north and Farnsworth Avenue at approximately 11:30 p.m. after a man who had been shot in the parking lot walked inside and requested assistance.
The victim, a 22-year-old man, collapsed outside and died. A second shooting victim, a 21-year-old male, died after being taken to a Trenton hospital. The names of the victims are being withheld at this time.
Suspects fled the scene in a Jeep, which later crashed in Florence Township. They remain at large. At this stage of the investigation, it is believed that this was not a random attack.
The investigation is being conducted by the Prosecutor’s Office, the Bordentown Township Police Department and the Florence Township Police Department, with assistance from the New Jersey State Police.
Anyone with information that might be helpful to investigators is asked to call Burlington County Central Communications at 609-265-7113 or send an email to tips@co.burlington.nj.us.