Man killed, 10-year-old boy wounded in N.J. shooting
Updated Apr 30, 2021;
A shooting Friday in Burlington City left a man dead and a 10-year-old boy wounded, police said.
The man was walking in the 400 block of Saint Mary Street when he was shot around 5:30 p.m., according to the Burlington County Prosecutor’s Office. The shooter fled on foot toward Route 130, authorities said.
Authorities said the man died at a local hospital. His name was being withheld.
“A 10-year-old male who was in the area was struck once in the foot by errant gunfire and is being treated at a local hospital,” Prosecutor Scott Coffina and City of Burlington Police Chief John Fine said in a statement. “The young man’s injuries are not life threatening.”