Woodbury Heights NJ Man Shot, Wounded Outside Home

PRESS RELEASE
June 27, 2011
For Immediate Release
Contact: Bernie Weisenfeld- PIO

A 52-year-old Woodbury Heights NJ man was shot and wounded in the leg and hand outside his Park Avenue home about 9:24 Monday night, after which the unknown assailant fled in a stolen car that he crashed at a Route 676 exit in Gloucester City.

The gunman, who used a 9 mm handgun, fled from the crashed car and is still being sought. He is described as a white male, in his 30s, about six feet tall and about 180 pounds. He was said to be wearing black shorts and a white tank top.

The vehicle he fled in, pursued by Woodbury Heights police, was a black sedan stolen in Pennsylvania.

The victim, who was shot through a thigh and also struck in a finger by a single shot, was treated at Cooper Medical Center in Camden and released.

The shooting occurred after the victim’s son noticed a man he did not recognize in a car outside the Park Avenue residence and informed his father. The victim, shot when he went outside to investigate, told police he did not recognize the gunman’s voice.

Anyone with information about the incident can contact Det. Stacie Lick of the Gloucester County Prosecutor’s Office at (856) 384-5608 or use the GCPO’s anonymous text messaging system. Text GLOTIP, the message and CRIMES.