A late-afternoon shooting at a Camden shopping center ended in the death of 31-year-old Kadeem McBride of Sicklerville. Police responded to a ShotSpotter activation about 3:54 p.m. on Sunday, February 13, 2022, and found McBride in the parking lot with multiple gunshot wounds. He was taken to Cooper Hospital and pronounced dead at 7:09 p.m.

Investigators arrested 28-year-old Shakeem Cook of Camden three days later, on Wednesday, February 16, 2022, when the U.S. Marshals Service Regional Fugitive Task Force took him into custody at about 10:40 p.m. Cook was charged with first-degree murder and related weapons offenses; authorities have not released a motive. The community voiced grief over McBride’s death.

If anyone has information about what happened that afternoon on Mount Ephraim Avenue, please share what you know.