Cops search for man who allegedly, killed his mom, report says

Family members say the man shot his mother who later died at the hospital, report says.

CAMDEN -- Authorities in South Jersey are searching for a man witnesses say shot and killed his mother Friday, 6abc reports.

The shooting occurred around 5 p.m. in Camden on the 1100 block of North 18th Street, according to reports.

Family members of the woman killed, as well as neighbors, said Pedro Sanchez, 20, is responsible, 6abc reports.

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Iris Sanchez, 38, was shot and waited for emergency personnel to respond until she was taken to Cooper University Medical Center and was pronounced dead, reports say.

Police are looking for Pedro Sanchez, who may have fled into Philadelphia.

It is unclear at this time what sparked the shooting.

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