Schools locked down, suspects hauled away day after shooting in Cherry Hill

CHERRY HILL — A raid on a house on Thursday afternoon led to the arrest of a  suspect who shot a man found inside a pickup truck at a shopping center.

Cherry Hill police and a tactical team surrounded a house at Old Orchard Road and Rabbit Run Drive, which caused the Joseph D. Sharp Elementary and Henry C. Beck Middle schools to lock down as a precaution.

Terrance Roberts, 52, was taken into custody. A man, and later a woman, came out of the house and were taken away by police, according to home security footage obtained by 6 ABC Action News. He was  charged with first degree attempted murder, second degree unlawful possession of a weapon, second degree possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, and fourth degree possessing a large capacity magazine.

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Shooting at shopping center a day earlier

Before 4 p.m., Wednesday, a man was found with a bullet wound in his pickup truck in front of a nail salon at the Liberty Bell Plaza on Route 70. Investigators said Roberts pulled up besides the pickup and opened. Surveillance video was used to track Roberts to his home, according to MacAulay

Police have not disclosed the identity of the victim or what led to him being shot.

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