Paul Russell, 35, is being held on $1 million full-cash bail.
CAMDEN -- A city man arraigned this week on murder charges in connection with a 2012 fatal shooting allegedly torched a vehicle used during the incident, according to the Camden County Prosecutor's Office.
Paul Russell, 35, is being held on $1 million full-cash bail. He faces a first-degree murder charge regarding the death of 25-year-old Joram R. Wise, according to the prosecutor's office.
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Russell allegedly shot and killed Wise, also a Camden resident, near the Crestbury Apartments on Jan. 10, 2012. Police responded to the scene just before 10 p.m. after receiving a 911 call about shots fired in the unit block of Hemlock Walk. Wise was found at the scene suffering from a gunshot wound, authorities said.
According to the prosecutor's office, Russell also burned a vehicle "believed to have been used in the homicide."
Russell is also charged with aggravated arson, possession of a weapon for unlawful purpose, unlawful possession of a weapon and certain persons not to have weapons.
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