Second Arrest Made in Shooting Death of Atlantic County Man

A second arrest has been made in connection with the shooting death of a Mays Landing man, Atlantic County Prosecutor Jim McClain said Monday evening.

Edwin V. Velazquez, 42, of Atlantic City, was charged with conspiracy to commit murder and being an accomplice to murder in the November shooting of 31-year-old Michael Black.

He was arrested by members of the Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office Major Crimes Unit, with assistance from the Atlantic City Police Department, without incident at Atlantic City Public Works in Atlantic City,where he is employed, Monday morning.

He will make his first appearance in court on Tuesday.

Dennis Munoz, now 37, was previously charged with murder, possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, and unlawful possession of a handgun in connection with the murder.

Hamilton Township Police, Township of Hamilton Rescue personnel, and AtlantiCare paramedics responded to a home on the 5900 block of Elmhurst Drive in Mays Landing in response to a 911 call received at 7:29 p.m. on Nov. 9, 2015.

They found Black suffering from a gunshot wound.

Black was transported to AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center City Division, where he was later declared dead.

An autopsy determined that the cause of death was a gunshot wound to the chest, and that the manner of death was homicide.

Munoz was arrested the following morning.

Further investigation led detectives to believe that Velazquez allegedly “did … agree to aid Dennis Munoz in the planning and/or commission of the murder of Michael Black.”

Velazquez lodged him in the Atlantic County Justice Facility on $1 million bail, with no 10 percent option.

Anyone with information about this incident is asked to call the Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office Major Crimes Unit at 609-909-7666, or the Hamilton Township Police Department at 609-625-2700.