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Nation & World NewsPublished: May. 07, 2025, 3:36 p.m.A 10-year-old boy killed by a gunshot wound to the head was alone in a Gloucester County, New Jersey, house when he died Tuesday, according to a law enforcement source. The shooting remains under investigation, but no one is being sought in the incident, said the source, who asked not to be named due to the ongoing investigation. The child’s name has not been released.

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A judge has sentenced a Gloucester County, New Jersey, dog groomer accused of animal cruelty and drug offenses to four years in prison and ordered that he never work with animals again. Trevor J. Hunt, 40, who owned K-9 Kingdom in Woodbury Heights, was arrested last summer after he contacted a family to tell them their 3-year-old dog, named Harley, died during a grooming appointment, police said. The family called police, who arrived at the business to investigate.

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Police charged a New Jersey comic book store patron with gun crimes after they say he pulled a weapon in order to intimidate an unruly customer at the business. The incident began late Saturday morning at The Comic Book Store in Glassboro, where borough police said a misbehaving customer “threatened physical violence” after employees asked him to leave the shop. Another customer, Justin A.

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A state Superior Court judge rejected a request Tuesday to dismiss charges against the man accused of hitting and killing hockey star Johnny Gaudreau and his brother as the pair bicycled in Salem County. Prosecutors say Sean M. Higgins, 44, of Pilesgrove, was intoxicated when he hit Johnny Gaudreau, 31, and Matthew R. Gaudreau, 29, as the men biked along a rural road on the evening of Aug. 29.

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A Gloucester County, New Jersey, man faces a criminal trial over a 2023 incident in which police say he stormed into a man’s house, threatened the man with a knife, and repeatedly stabbed a dog that had bitten his son. Anthony M. Botte, 44, of South Harrison Township, was indicted on five counts last year, including second-degree burglary, third-degree counts of aggravated assault, terroristic threats and possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, and fourth-degree cruelty to animals.