In the early morning hours of a Sunday in June, shots were reported just after 5:30 a.m. at the intersection of Earl and Clarkson streets in Burlington’s New Yorkshire section. Officers found 38-year-old Derrick Adams on the ground; he had been shot multiple times and was pronounced dead at the scene. An autopsy confirmed multiple gunshot wounds as the cause of death and ruled the case a homicide.

The Burlington County Prosecutor’s Office and the City of Burlington Police Department, with assistance from the Willingboro Township Police Department, initially asked the public for information after there were no immediate arrests. Two months later authorities announced an arrest: 33-year-old James H. McDowell Jr. of Beverly was taken into custody in Roanoke, Virginia, and charged with first-degree murder and several weapons offenses.

Did anyone in the area see activity on Earl or Clarkson streets that morning or know anything about movements involving Adams or McDowell in the days before the shooting?