LeQuint Gerron Allen Sr., a 42-year-old Black man from Millville, New Jersey, was fatally shot on Valentine’s Day, February 14, 2023, around 5:13 p.m. on the 600 block of Newport Road in Lawrence Township. State police found Allen with multiple gunshot wounds and he was taken to Inspira Medical Center in Vineland, where he was pronounced dead.

Authorities arrested 47-year-old Thomas Baker Jr., also of Millville, the next day, February 15, 2023. Prosecutors charged Baker with first-degree murder and several weapons offenses, alleging the shooting followed a verbal altercation that Baker started. Allen is remembered as a beloved father, son, brother, and friend; he was born in Bridgeton, won a varsity state wrestling championship as a freshman at Bridgeton High School, and is survived by four children and an extended family.

The investigation remains ongoing; anyone with information about the killing is asked to contact investigators.