Office Of The Atlantic County Prosecutor: ACPO MAJOR CRIMES UNIT INVESTIGATING FATAL SHOOTING IN ATLANTIC CITY

Press release from the Office of the Atlantic County Prosecutor:

August 1, 2021

ATLANTIC CITY- The ACPO Major Crimes Unit is actively investigating  a shooting in Atlantic City early Sunday morning that left one man dead, Acting Atlantic County Prosecutor Cary Shill announced.

Just after 3:00 a.m., on Sunday, Aug. 1, 2021, investigators of the ACPO Major Crimes Unit responded to Atlantic City in the area of California and Arctic Avenues for a report of a homicide.  Atlantic City Police officers located a 42 year-old man at the scene who had been fatally shot.

This is an active investigation by the ACPO Major Crimes Unit and the Atlantic City Police Department.

Anyone with information, regarding this shooting or any other serious crimes  is asked to contact the Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office at 609-909-7800 or go to the Prosecutor’s Office Web site at https://www.acpo.org/tips.html and provide information by filling out the form anonymously on the Submit a Tip page. People can also call Crime Stoppers at 609-652-1234 or 1-800-658-8477 (TIPS) or visit the Crime Stoppers Website at http://www.crimestoppersatlantic.com/. Crime Stoppers offers cash rewards for information leading to the arrest and indictment of those who commit crimes in Atlantic County.

This press release was produced by the Office of the Atlantic County Prosecutor. The views expressed here are the author’s own.