By: Yuritza Arroyo
On Thursday, April 13, at approximately 5:19 P.M., officers from the Glassboro Police Department were dispatched to a residence on Cleveland Avenue for the report of gunshots.
According to Police, upon arrival, they discovered several discharged cartridge casings, indicating there had been an open-air exchange of gunfire.
Police say responding officers were also subsequently alerted that a male, identified as 28-year-old Shamir Brown of Sharon Hill, Pa., self-transported from the Cleveland Avenue scene to Jefferson Hospital in Washington Township with a gunshot wound to the stomach.
Brown received treatment and survived the gunshot wound.
According to authorities, during the investigation, two (2) handguns were seized from a residence on Cleveland Avenue subsequent to the execution of a court-authorized search warrant.
Authorities say as a result, 23-year-old Samuel Carrand 37-year-old William Walls, both of Glassboro, have been charged with the following offenses:
Unlawful Possession of Weapon: 2C:39-5B(1)
Possession of Weapon for Unlawful Purpose: 2C:39-4A(1)
Possession of Weapon by Prohibited Person: 2C:39-7B
Possession of a Defaced Firearm: 2C:39-3D
According to officials, Carr and Walls were processed and then lodged in the Salem County Correctional Facility pending further proceedings.
