2 charged with murder after double homicide at New Jersey gas station
BORDENTOWN TWP., N.J. (WPVI) -- Two people have been charged for the fatal shooting of two men outside a convenience store in Bordentown Twp., Burlington County.
Giovanni Varanese, 21, of Cherry Hill, and Justford Doe, 23, of Philadelphia, were charged with murder, conspiracy to commit murder and multiple other offenses.
Varanese and Doe were served with their warrants inside the Philadelphia Department of Prisons, where they are being held on unrelated offenses.
The Burlington County Prosecutor's Office said it will seek to extradite them to New Jersey.
The shooting happened outside 7-Eleven/Valero gas station at the intersection of Route 130 north and Farnsworth Avenue at about 11:30 p.m. on November 5.
Investigators say 22-year-old Daniel Patterson of Philadelphia had walked into the store seeking help after being shot in the parking lot.
Patterson then exited the store, collapsed outside and died at the scene.
The second shooting victim, 21-year-old Mason Knott of Wrightstown, died after being taken to a Trenton hospital.
Following the shootings, prosecutors say the suspects fled in a Jeep and later took off on foot after crashing their vehicle in Florence Township.
