The Brooklawn man allegedly shot a longtime acquaintance four times, in a vehicle parked at the Millstream Apartments in Washington Township.
In a night-long investigation that demonstrated close cooperation between law enforcement agencies across county lines, a Brooklawn man has been arrested on attempted murder and related charges in connection with the shooting of a Maple Shade woman on Saturday, April 7, Gloucester County Prosecutor Charles Fiore announced.
The 41 year-old man was taken into custody without incident in an overnight motor vehicle stop in Brooklawn, shortly before a search warrant was executed at his residence. He is charged with attempted murder, possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, unlawful possession of a weapon, possession of a weapon by a convicted felon and making terroristic threats. He is being held pending a detention hearing in Superior Court, in Woodbury.
The man allegedly shot the 41-year-old woman four times during an argument, in a vehicle parked at the Millstream Apartments in Washington Township, near the residence of the suspect’s brother. The two are longtime acquaintances.
Washington Township, Gloucester County police were dispatched to the Express Mart convenience store on Egg Harbor Road at 6:34 p.m. Saturday and found the woman there. She was transported to Cooper Medical Center in Camden, where she was treated and released.
Officers of the WTPD and the Gloucester County Prosecutor’s office began an investigation of the incident. The woman identified the man as the assailant, and other evidence and witness interviews corroborated her account.
In addition to the GCPO and the WTPD, agencies assisting in the investigation were the Brooklawn and Westville police departments and Camden County’s Zone 5 entry team — consisting of officers of the Brooklawn, Bellmawr, Haddon Heights, Audubon, Barrington, Runnemede, Magnolia and Mt. Ephraim police departments.
Lead officers on the case for the GCPO were Sgt. Robert Hemphill and Detective Colleen McCausland.
