Police: Philly man arrested for deadly shooting in Atlantic City

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Police: Philly man arrested for deadly shooting in Atlantic City
Police: Philly man arrested for deadly shooting in Atlantic City. Walter Perez reports during Action News at 11:30 p.m. on January 5, 2018.

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (WPVI) -- A man from Philadelphia has been charged with murder in connection with a deadly shooting Friday night in Atlantic City.



Thirty-six-year-old Avery Bracey was taken into custody shortly after the shooting at the Sunset Inn.



Officers responded to the motel and found a 21-year-old man with a gunshot wound.



Police say he was pronounced dead at the hospital.



Investigators say Bracey is also suspected of shooting a second man last night on North Florida Avenue.



The condition of that victim has not been released.



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