On the evening of October 27, 2023, gunfire on the 2800 block of Hull Road in Camden, New Jersey, left 33-year-old Akeem Jenkins and a 32-year-old woman injured. Both were taken to Cooper University Hospital; Jenkins was pronounced dead there at 8:41 p.m., while the woman was treated and later released.

Detectives from the Camden County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide Unit and the Camden County Police Department investigated the scene. The probe identified 19-year-old Avonte Muse of Camden as a suspect; he was already in custody on an unrelated charge when the investigation pointed to his involvement. On November 4, 2023, Muse was charged with first-degree murder in Jenkins’s death and second-degree aggravated assault for the woman’s injuries. Muse remains in custody at the Camden County Jail and investigators have not publicly explained a motive or all circumstances of the shooting.

If anyone witnessed the shooting or has information about what happened that night on Hull Road, please come forward to assist the investigation.