14-year-old shot, killed at Willingboro Township, NJ gas station

Police say 14-year-old Jesse Everett was shot in the head while at the Phillips 66 gas station in Willingboro Township.
Monday, August 23, 2021
WILLINGBORO TWP., New Jersey (WPVI) -- Police in Willingboro Township, New Jersey are searching for the gunman who shot and killed a young teenager at a gas station on Saturday afternoon.

It happened around 3 p.m. at the Phillips 66 gas station located on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard.
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The victim, 14-year-old Jesse Everett, was shot in the head while inside a vehicle parked at the gas station. The vehicle was reported stolen, according to investigators.

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Authorities are still searching for the gunman who exited another vehicle and shot Everett.

"The investigation revealed that the victim pulled up to the pumps in a vehicle that earlier had been reported to police as stolen. Another vehicle soon entered the gas station. A male exited the passenger side of the second vehicle, approached the vehicle that Everett was in and shot him once in the head," said the Burlington County Prosecutor's Office in a press release Sunday.



Everett was rushed to an area hospital where he later died.

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Two other people were inside the car with Everett but did not sustain injuries.

No arrests have been made at this time.

The incident is not considered to be a random confrontation, said investigators.

Anyone with any information is asked to call the Willingboro Township Police Department or the Burlington County Prosecutor's Office.

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