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Man killed in double shooting in Camden, NJ

A 21-year-old man died after being shot in the lobby of an apartment complex along N. 7th Street

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One man is dead and another is hurt after a shooting at an apartment complex in Camden, New Jersey, police said.

Detectives with the Camden City Police Department are investigating after officers were called to the Northgate 1 apartment building, on the 400 block of N. 7th Street, just before 1 a.m. on Tuesday.

Officials said that officers responding to a reported shooting found 21-year-old Quashawn Smith of Camden and a 20-year-old from West Deptford in the lobby of the apartment, suffering from gunshot wounds, according to police.

Smith was pronounced dead after both victims were taken to a nearby hospital.

Anyone with information is asked to call the Camden County Prosecutor's Office Homicide Unit at (609) 969-9530, or the Camden County Police Department at (609) 519-8573.

The investigation is ongoing.

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