Police report no threat to the public after the shooting of two youths at a Mount Laurel Township hotel.
The victims, identified only as men, were shot Saturday evening at a hotel in the 5000 block of Crawford Place, according to Mount Laurel police. Their injuries are not believed to be life-threatening.
None of the victims were residents of the municipality, police said in a statement.
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Police responding to the incident at approximately 10:40 p.m. found a juvenile with gunshot wounds to his abdomen.
“It was later discovered that the other young male involved had been transported to a local hospital for a gunshot wound to an arm,” the police statement said.
Mount Laurel detectives and the Burlington County Prosecutor’s Office are investigating.
Jim Walsh is a senior reporter at the Courier-Post, Burlington County Times and The Daily Journal. Email: Jwalsh@cpsj.com.
This article originally appeared on the Cherry Hill Courier-Post: Were 2 boys shot in Mount Laurel? Yes, in the 5000 block of Crawford Place
