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Camden Police Investigate 2 Unrelated Homicides

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CAMDEN, N.J. -

Police in Camden are investigating two deadly shootings Tuesday night where the victims were shot multiple times, Camden County Prosecutor Warren W. Faulk announced.

Police say the shootings are not related.

The first shooting was reported around 7 p.m. on the 1200 block of Octagon Road. Police say 19-year-old Sherron Coleman was found shot multiple times. Coleman was pronounced dead a short time after he was found, police said.

In the second shooting, a man was found around 10 p.m. shot multiple times in the driver's side seat of a Honda Accord in the area of 27th Street and Arthur Avenue. Police say the victim, Anibal Torres, was taken to Cooper Hospital, where he was pronounced dead around 10:30 p.m.

Investigators are asking anyone with information on the shooting deaths to call the Camden County Prosecutor's Office at 856-225-8653 or Camden Police at 856-757-7420.

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