Camden Sets Dubious Record with 59th Homicide

Camden's record 59th homicide of the year has claimed the life of a 44-year-old man.

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Police say Charles Nicholson was shot multiple times just before noon Friday while he sat in a parked car on a street not far from the Black Horse Pike.

Nicholson was dead when police arrived.

Police say he was shot through the car's driver side window by an assailant who fled on foot.

Fifty-nine people have been killed in Camden this year, surpassing a record set in 1995.

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