Camden's last two homicide victims of 2013 have been identified, the Camden County Prosecutor's Office said Thursday.
Jorge Chavis, 31, and James Anderson, 23, both of Camden, were shot in a home off Pine Street on New Year's Eve, and were dead when officers arrived on the scene, authorities said.
Their deaths were apparently drug-related, according to previous reports.
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Chavis and Anderson were the 56th and 57th killings in the city for 2013—lower than 2012's record of 67, but trailing only 1995's 58 for the third-worst total in the city's history.
The double homicide wasn't the only gun violence on New Year's Eve; a 2-year-old boy was shot by his father, police said, and another man was reportedly shot in the stomach near Woodrow Wilson High School.
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Anyone with information on Chavis and Anderson's killings is asked to contact Camden County Prosecutor’s Office Detective Chuck Farrell at 609-743-1705 or Camden Police Detective Ryan Bell at 856-757-7420. Information can also be emailed to ccpotips@ccprosecutor.org.
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