On the evening of September 7, 2020, 45-year-old Michael Milton of Woodlynne, New Jersey, was shot while seated in his vehicle at the Gulf station at Mount Ephraim and Kaighn avenues in Camden. Surveillance footage recorded an individual approaching Milton’s car, firing a single shot about 11:18 p.m., then walking away. Milton was found in the vehicle more than 30 minutes later with a gunshot wound to the head and was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Investigators identified 35-year-old Cornell Tarte of Camden as the primary suspect after tracing movements on multiple surveillance cameras. Tarte was taken into custody in Atlantic City by the U.S. Marshals Regional Fugitive Task Force on September 28, 2020, on unrelated charges; a cellphone seized at arrest contained photos of a Ruger EC9s 9mm handgun. A Ruger EC9s recovered in Burlington County in March 2021 was later forensically matched to the shell casing from the scene.

Anyone who knew Michael Milton or who may have seen activity around the Gulf station on the night of September 7, 2020, is asked to come forward with information.