On the evening of March 20, 2025, gunfire was reported near South 7th and Ware Streets in Camden, New Jersey. Officers found 18-year-old Camden resident Zaheer Whye behind a home on the 700 block of Ware Street with a gunshot wound and he was taken to Cooper University Hospital.

Zaheer Whye remained hospitalized for fifteen days and died of his injuries on April 4, 2025. The Camden County Prosecutor’s Office and the Camden County Police Department are investigating his death as a homicide. No suspects have been publicly identified and no arrests have been announced; the motive has not been released.

Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to contact authorities. Did anyone in the area see or hear anything that night?