DENNIS MUNOZ CONVICTED OF 2015 SHOOTING DEATH OF MAYS LANDING MAN
Thursday, April 25, 2019
MAYS LANDING –An Atlantic County jury has convicted Dennis Munoz of the murder in the fatal shooting of Michael Black, Atlantic County Prosecutor Damon G. Tyner announced.
Munoz, 40, was found guilty of the following charges:
- First degree Murder
- Second degree Unlawful Possession of a Handgun
- Second degree Possession of a Weapon for an Unlawful Purpose
- First degree Witness Tampering
- Second degree Possession of a Weapon by a Convicted Person
Munoz’ co-defendant, Edwin Velasquez,45, of Atlantic City, was acquitted of charges that he was a co-conspirator and accomplice to the murder.
In response to a 9-1-1 call received at 7:39 p.m. on Monday, November 9, 2015, Hamilton Township Police, Township of Hamilton Rescue personnel and AtlantiCare paramedics responded to a home on the 5900 block of Elmhurst Drive, Mays Landing. Upon arrival, police found Michael Black, 31, suffering from a gunshot wound.
Black was transported to AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center—City Division, where he was later pronounced dead.
An autopsy performed the next morning by Southern Regional Medical Examiner’s Office Dr. Daksha Shah determined that the cause of death was a gunshot wound to the chest, and that the manner of death was homicide.
The investigation by detectives of the Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office Major Crimes Unit and the Hamilton Township Police Department led to the arrest in Galloway Township on November 10, 2015 of Dennis J. Munoz, now 37, of Theresa Court, Galloway Township.
Assistant Prosecutor Rick McKelvey represents the state. Sentencing is scheduled for June 12, 2019.
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published gloucestercitynews.net | April 25, 2019