Camden County Prosecutor’s Office

Person Found Dead at Hospital Shooter's Home: Police

UPDATE: Police identified the person found dead inside the home as Raymond Wychowanec's son. New details here.


Another person was found dead inside the home of an alleged shooter, who police say drew a gun and killed his wife in a South Jersey hospital Wednesday before shooting himself.

Sixty-three-year-old Raymond Wychowanec entered Kennedy University Hospital – Stratford Campus on E Laurel Road in Stratford around 9:25 a.m. to visit his 62-year-old wife, Denise, according to police.

Less than an hour later, the woman was dead.

The man fired two shots around 10:10 a.m., killing his wife and then turning the gun on himself inside the hospital room, according to Camden County Prosecutors Office spokesman Jason Laughlin.

The woman died while her husband was treated for his injuries at Cooper University Hospital, according to authorities.

During the investigation, police discovered another victim dead inside the Wychowanec's home in Glendora, N.J.

Police have not released the identify of the victim. Detectives are working to determine if the same gun was used in both fatal shootings.

Hospital officials said the alleged shooter's wife was at Kennedy for a non-life threatening illness, but declined to provide further detail citing privacy laws.

The hospital wasn't evacuated since the shooter was considered contained.

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