A 29-year-old Pennsauken man is dead after being shot on a residential Camden sidewalk last week, and authorities say no one has been arrested in the case as the investigation continues. Jeshua Sammons was found on the 1200 block of Princess Avenue and later died of his injuries at a nearby hospital.
According to NJ.com, the Camden County Prosecutor's Office said the shooting happened at about 9:45 a.m. on Oct. 20 on Princess Avenue. Sammons was found lying on the sidewalk in the residential neighborhood, and he was pronounced dead at 11:18 a.m. that same morning after being taken to an area hospital.
Authorities have not announced any arrests, and the outlet's report notes the investigation remains open as detectives continue working the case.
Tips Sought as Case Remains Open
Anyone with information is asked to call Detective Jake Siegfried of the Camden County Prosecutor's Office homicide unit at 856-225-5086, or Detective Anthony Sulipzi of the Camden County Police Department at 856-281-0947. Tips can also be submitted anonymously through camden.tips, the same report states.
Sammons's death comes after Camden posted some of its lowest violent-crime numbers in decades. The city recorded 12 homicides in 2025, down from 17 the year before, a 29% drop that Camden County officials say marked the city's lowest homicide total since 1985, according to Camden County, NJ. Overall violent crime fell 6% compared with 2024, and total crime dropped 49% compared with 2012 figures, the county reported.
A City That Had Been Marking Milestones
Camden also logged its first homicide-free summer in 50 years in 2025, and the county separately reported zero homicides during the winter stretch from Dec. 21 through March 20, per the county's own release on the first homicide-free winter in Camden in 50 years. Early 2026 data shared by Camden officials showed homicides down 90% in the first quarter compared with the same period in 2012, with shootings down 89% over that same comparison, according to figures reported by nbcphiladelphia.com.
Those numbers reflect broader department trends and do not speak to whether that pace of decline held through the date of Sammons's shooting. Other fatal shootings in Camden this year have moved through the legal system at different speeds. In June, Luis J. Bonet, 24, was fatally shot in the 200 block of Morse Street, and Eric Irizarry was later charged with first-degree murder and weapons offenses in that case, as reported by The Philadelphia Inquirer. That same month, 50-year-old Cornelius Smith was shot and later died at Cooper University Hospital, a killing the newspaper described as the city's third fatal shooting that month.
Those cases illustrate how outcomes in Camden shootings have varied, with some leading to charges and others remaining open for extended periods. For now, the investigation into Sammons's death remains ongoing, and authorities continue to seek information from anyone who may have witnessed what happened on Princess Avenue that morning.
