2006 Media Releases:

CAMDEN COUNTY PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE
JAMES P. LYNCH, ACTING CAMDEN COUNTY PROSECUTOR
MEDIA INFORMATION

March 23, 2006

Acting Camden County Prosecutor James P. Lynch and Camden Police Executive Robert L. Stewart reported today that a Lindenwold man was shot to death last night in Camden, NJ.

Camden Police were dispatched at 10:38 p.m. on Wednesday, March 22, 2006, to the area of 8th and Chestnut streets for the report of a person shot. Officers arrived to find Anthony L. Brown, 34, lying in the middle of Chestnut Street. He had suffered multiple gunshot wounds to the body and head and died a short time later at Cooper University Hospital.

Investigation indicates the victim conversed with a suspect just prior to the shooting. The suspect then pulled out a handgun and fired multiple shots from short range, striking the victim. The suspect then fled on foot heading south on 8th Street, investigation indicates.

The suspect is described as an African-American male with a beard, tall in height and heavily built, wearing a dark jacket and brown knit hat.

No arrests have been made. An investigation is continuing by the Camden County Prosecutor's Office and Camden Police.

Anyone with information is asked to call the Prosecutor's Office Homicide Unit at (856) 225-8400 or Camden Police Detectives at (856) 757-7420.