Burlington County Man Indicted In Fatal Shooting: Prosecutor

A 27-year-old man has been indicted in the fatal shooting of a Burlington City man that took place in November, Burlington County Prosecutor Scott A. Coffina said on Thursday.

Darius Bridges, 27, of Beverly City, was indicted on on one count of first-degree murder, one count of second-degree possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, one count of second-degree unlawful possession of a weapon and one count of second-degree certain persons not to have weapons.

Police say Bridges fired several shots near the intersection of East Federal and York streets in Burlington City on Friday night, Nov. 26.

Howard G. Young, Jr., 22, whose address of record is Burlington Township, was struck by one of those bullets while he stood outside on the 100 block of East Federal Street, police said.

He was taken to Capital Health Regional Medical Center in Trenton, where he was pronounced dead. An autopsy determined the manner of death to be homicide and the cause to be a gunshot to the back.

Bridges was served with a warrant for murder in the first degree on Jan. 17 at the Burlington County Jail in Mount Holly, where he had been lodged on unrelated charges.

The attached image of Darius Bridges was provided by the Burlington County Prosecutor’s Office