Man killed, brother wounded in shooting in New Jersey mall parking lot

Friday, November 25, 2016
MAYS LANDING, New Jersey -- Authorities have identified the victims of a shooting in the parking lot of a mall in Mays Landing, Hamilton Township that left a man dead and his brother hospitalized.

21-year-old Demond Cottman of Atlantic City, N.J. was killed, and his brother, 26-year-old Shadi Cottman of Clayton, N.J., was shot in the leg after the gunfire erupted at 1 a.m. Friday.

It happened outside the Hamilton Mall on East Black Horse Pike near the entrance to the Macy's store.
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Arriving officers found Demond Cottman had been shot multiple times. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

Medics rushed Shadi Cottman to AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center-City Division, where he was listed in stable condition.


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The circumstances surrounding the shooting remain unclear.

Action News was there just before 7 a.m. Friday as police towed away a silver SUV pockmarked with bullet holes.

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Anyone with information about this incident was being asked to call the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office Major Crimes Unit at 609-909-7666 or the Hamilton Township Police Department at (609) 625-2700.



The mall appeared to open at 6 a.m., as scheduled, for Black Friday shopping.
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