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UPDATE: 54-Year-Old Atlantic City Man Fatally Shot in Egg Harbor

Egg Harbor Township

An investigation is continuing into the fatal Saturday evening shooting in Egg Harbor Township of an Atlantic City man, Atlantic County Prosecutor Damon G. Tyner announced.

According to officials, the Egg Harbor Township Police Department received multiple 911 calls around 7 p.m., reporting shots fired at 201 Cedar Avenue, EHT.

Officers from the EHTPD and Pleasantville Police Department responded to the address.

Upon arrival, officers located Mr. Rennel Turner, 54, of Atlantic City lying unconscious in the driveway.

Police said Turner had multiple gunshot wounds and was pronounced deceased at the scene.

An autopsy determined Turner’s manner of death as a homicide and the cause of death is multiple gunshot wounds

This remains an ongoing and cooperative investigation by the ACPO Major Crimes Unit and the Egg Harbor Township Police Department.

Anyone with information involving serious crimes is asked to call the Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office at 609-909-7800 or go to the Prosecutor’s Office Web site at http://www.acpo.org/tips.html and provide information by filling out the form anonymously on the Submit a Tip page.

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