Police Investigate Fatal Stabbing At Burlington County Townhouse

A Brooklyn man was fatally stabbed and another man was injured during a fight outside of a townhouse in Burlington County Sunday night, Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina and Lumberton Township Police Chief Anthony DiLoreto announced.

Police were called to a townhouse in the first block of Coriander Drive at about 10:40 p.m. on Sunday night, Feb. 4 for a report of a stabbing. Both victims were taken to Cooper University Hospital in Camden.

Moriah Walker, 26, of Brooklyn, was pronounced dead at 4:24 a.m., police said. The second victim, a 23-year-old male, is listed in critical but stable condition after undergoing surgery for a stab wound.

Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding this incident, but said the general public is not at risk. Anyone with information about the stabbings is asked to call Burlington County Central Communications at 609-265-7113.

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