Man Who Killed 1, Injured Another In Camden County Gets Life In Prison

CAMDEN, NJ — A Clementon man was sentenced Thursday to life in prison for murdering a man in the city of Camden in 2018, the Camden County Prosecutor said.

Jermaine Venable, 50, was found guilty in February of first-degree murder, first-degree conspiracy to commit murder, second-degree aggravated assault, second-degree possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, second-degree unlawful possession of a weapon, second-degree certain persons not to possess weapons and first-degree unlawful possession of a weapon, according to authorities.

Venable shot and killed 18-year-old Jonathan Rojas and shot and injured 18-year-old Devon Fisher while the pair was inside a parked vehicle near 4th Street and Kaighn Avenue in Camden in 2018, authorities said. Venable was arrested later that same day, authorities said.

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