A person was arrested in New York Metropolis in connection to a lethal capturing that occurred in New Jersey earlier this month, in accordance with the Camden County Prosecutor’s Workplace.
Officers with the Gloucester Township Police Division had been known as to the Lakeview Flats on the five hundred block of Decrease Touchdown Highway on Wednesday, July 9 round 5 p.m. for reviews of an individual shot, police stated.
When the officers bought the residence advanced, they discovered Anthony Sanflippo, 53, within the doorway to his residence killed by a gunshot wound, in accordance with police.
Detectives discovered a .45 caliber shell casing on the scene, police defined.
A witness advised officers that the suspect, recognized as 24-year-old Matthew Lucas, had taken their automobile, in accordance with police. He was described as carrying inexperienced pants, a black surgical masks and a head garment with tassels.
Lower than every week later, officers with the New York Metropolis Police Division discovered the reported stolen automobile on West forty ninth Road in Manhattan, officers defined.
Lucas was finally arrested for a distinct crime only one block away from the place the automobile was discovered, police stated. He was discovered with the important thing to the stolen automobile and a .45 caliber gun on him.
The shell casing discovered on the residence advanced was examined and was a match to the gun Lucas had on him in New York, officers stated.
Investigators reported that they discovered inexperienced pants within the stolen automobile that appeared to have blood on them.
Lucas is at the moment being held at Rikers Island and can be extradited to New Jersey.
In case you have any data on this case, please contact Detective Tanner Ogilvie of the Camden CountyProsecutor’s Workplace Murder Unit at 856-580-5819 and Detective Daniel Ritz of the Gloucester Township Police Division at 856-228-4500.
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