Teen Shot Dead in Parking Lot of Burlington, NJ Walmart, Cops Say

BURLINGTON TOWNSHIP — A 17-year-old boy was killed and a man injured by a shooting in the parking lot of a Walmart store Thursday night.

Shots were fired in the parking lot of the store in the Liberty Square Center on Mount Holly Road around 10:15 p.m.; police told New Jersey 101.5.  The teen and the man were taken to Cooper University Hospital in Camden, where the teen was pronounced dead.

A store employee told CBS 3 Philly that the shots sounded like firecrackers and that shoppers ran for cover.

Police said the gunman fled the parking lot, and no arrests have yet been made.

Burlington Township police and the Burlington County Prosecutor's Office remained all night at the scene. They did not disclose the victim's identities or a motive for the shooting.

Video shows at least eight evidence markers between a Mustang and a Toyota and the store entrance. A third car's rear window was shattered.

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