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UPDATE: New York Man Identified as Victim of Deadly Atlantic City Shooting

Atlantic City

The Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office Major Crimes Unit has identified the victim of a fatal shooting that occurred Friday night on February 5, 2021 in Atlantic City, Atlantic County Prosecutor Damon G. Tyner announced.

Officials said at approximately 9:27 p.m., the Atlantic City Police Department was notified of a shooting on the 1300 block of Pacific Avenue.  

Atlantic City Police Department and EMS responded to the scene.  Twenty-five year-old Dameer Smith of New York City was located on the street with a gunshot wound.

  Smith was transported to Atlanticare Regional Medical Center City Campus where he was pronounced deceased.

Officials said, Smith died as a result of a single gunshot wound.

This investigation remains active by the ACPO Major Crimes and Atlantic City Police Department’s Violent Crimes Unit.

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