On the evening of January 7, 2023, Eric Cecilia, 31, was fatally shot on the 3200 block of Saunders Avenue in Camden, New Jersey. Gunfire at about 8:46 p.m. triggered a ShotSpotter alert and prompted a police response; officers found two men with gunshot wounds and both were taken to Cooper University Medical Center. Cecilia was pronounced dead at 9:53 p.m.; a 20-year-old Camden man was reported in stable condition.

The Camden County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide Unit and the Camden County Police Department are jointly investigating. No motive, suspects, or arrests had been publicly announced and the investigation was described as active. Authorities are seeking information from anyone who may have seen or heard anything that evening.

If anyone has information about what happened on Saunders Avenue that night, please share it with investigators.