2004 Media Releases:

CAMDEN COUNTY PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE
VINCENT P. SARUBBI, CAMDEN COUNTY PROSECUTOR
MEDIA   INFORMATION

March 16, 2004

Camden County Prosecutor Vincent P. Sarubbi and Acting Camden Police Chief Edwin J. Figueroa reported that two men have been charged with Murder in connection with the fatal shooting of a Chinese restaurant proprietor on March 11, 2004, in Camden, N.J.

Brandon B. Smith, a.k.a. Bryant Smith, M/19, of the 100 block of North 35th Street in Camden, and Omar D. McClarin, M/25, of the 1300 block of Jackson Street in Camden, are being held in the Camden County Correctional Facility pending an arraignment today at 2:45 p.m. before Presiding Criminal Court Judge Linda G. Baxter, Courtroom 33, Camden County Hall of Justice, 5th Street & Mickle Boulevard, Camden.

The investigation is continuing and additional arrests are possible.

The investigation indicates the defendants conspired to rob the Happy Dragon Restaurant at 72 S. 28th Street. At approximately 12:15 p.m. on March 11, during the course of the robbery, the defendants shot Bao Xing Lin, who owned and operated the eatery, investigation indicates. Lin suffered multiple gunshot wounds and died at 6:01 p.m. that night at Cooper University Hospital.

All persons charged with criminal offenses are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty in a court of law.