2006 Media Releases:

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

May 10, 2006

Acting Camden County Prosecutor James P. Lynch and Camden Police Executive Robert L. Stewart reported today that a 21-year-old city man was shot to death last night on the street in Camden, N.J.

Camden Police responded to the 400 block of West Street at 10:50 p.m. on Tuesday night, May 9, 2006, for a report of a man shot. Raheem Seddens had been shot multiple times and had collapsed. He was transported to Cooper University Hospital, where he was pronounced dead minutes later.

Preliminary investigation indicates that the victim was socializing in the 400 block of Stevens Street, near the intersection with West Street. He exchanged words with the suspect, an African-American male who was speaking with another man a short distance down the block. A short time later, the suspect walked toward the victim. As Seddens began to speak to the suspect, the suspect pulled a handgun and fired at the victim. Seddens ran down West Street and collapsed.

The suspect is described as an African-American male in his early 20s, approximately 6 feet tall with black hair and brown eyes, wearing a red jacket and red hat.

Anyone with information is urged to call Investigator Matt Woshnak of the Camden County Prosecutor’s Office at (856) 225-8400 or Camden Police Detective Orlando Perez at (856) 757-7420.