Daily News | A 6-year-old girl was struck by gunfire in Camden on the Fourth of July
The shooting, which originated between two groups of teenagers, took place just after 10 p.m. Tuesday on Martin Luther King Boulevard, according to police, about a block from Wiggins Park on Camden’s waterfront, as fireworks lit up the sky for the annual Freedom Festival.
A suspect was taken into custody Tuesday and later released pending an investigation. A gun was recovered near the scene, but it was unclear if that gun was used in the shooting or belonged to the suspect.at Cooper Medical Center, but would not get into specifics. “To the thugs and criminals and gun-bearing freaks over in Philadelphia, who live in a city of lawlessness: We don’t want you here,” said Cappelli. “Stay out of Camden.”
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