Late on the night of March 12, 2025, gunfire in Camden ended with one man dead and another critically injured. At about 10:29 p.m., officers responding to a ShotSpotter activation on the 300 block of Morse Street found 32-year-old Jose Hiraldo-Peralta of Camden lying outside a residence with multiple gunshot wounds. He was taken to Cooper University Hospital but was pronounced dead at about 11:05 p.m.

A second victim, a 28-year-old Camden man, was found inside the residence with a gunshot wound and was transported to the same hospital in critical but stable condition. The Camden County Prosecutor’s Office and Camden County Police Department are conducting an active investigation; no arrests have been announced and no suspects have been publicly identified.

Anyone with information about the double shooting is asked to contact investigators. Did anyone in the community see or hear anything that night on Morse Street?