16-year-old critical after shooting at Camden County park: police
New details: Teen critical after shooting in Winslow Twp. park
New details emerge after a teenage boy was shot at the New Brooklyn Park in Winslow Township, Camden County late Tuesday night.
WINSLOW TWP., N.J. - A 16-year-old boy is fighting for his life after he was shot at a Camden County park late Wednesday night.
What we know:
Officers from the Winslow Police Department were called to New Brooklyn Park in Winslow Township just before 10 p.m. for reports of a shooting.
Police found a 16-year-old boy suffering from a gunshot wound at the park. He was rushed to a local hospital where he was placed in critical condition.
SKYFOX was overhead a heavy police presence on Tuesday night, with the parking lot blocked off with yellow tape and several evidence markers scattered across it. Officers could be seen walking with flashlights.
Investigators were briefly back in the parking lot on Wednesday.
What we don't know:
Police have not identified the shooting victim and have not shared what events led up to the shooting.
No arrests have been reported.
What they're saying:
Amy Money says she couldn’t help but to show up to New Brookyln Park on Wednesday morning after learning another teenager was shot there. She says her son was shot in the head, in the park, back in January of 2024.
"It’s just, it hit home for me," she says. "We were told that this park in particular was going to be under deeper surveillance after my son was shot, and now this happens, so I rushed out here because I wanted to see like, ‘oh my God what else is going on?’"
"We were like, we didn’t even here it. So we came downstairs, the residents were like ‘Did you hear a gunshot last night?’ Nothing, nothing,’" says Tara Zane, who lives in the apartment complex across the street.
Zane says she had just walked her dog in the park a few hours before the shooting.
"Very scary, but thank goodness it was towards the later evening hours, thank goodness," she says.
Money says she’s concerned about more gun violence involving teenagers.
"It’s getting worse and I really feel that something else needs to be done," she says.