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Authorities looking for other occupant of car after man found fatally shot

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Investigators are looking for someone seen leaving a vehicle found in Bridgeton with a man shot dead inside. Miguel Lopez, 53, was found dead inside a vehicle after it crashed into trees on the 300 block of Spruce Street in Bridgeton on Sunday. Officers called to the scene at about 8:30 a.m. found the victim had been shot, Cumberland County Prosecutor Jennifer Webb-McRae said. Detectives from her office, along with Bridgeton police are looking for a second occupant seen leaving the victim, Webb-McRae said Tuesday. There is no description of either the vehicle or the other occupant at this time, Webb-McRae said. Anyone with information is asked to call Detective Miguel Rodriguez at the Cumberland County Prosecutor's Office at 856-466-5127. Information also may be sent anonymously one of three ways: either by downloading the CCPOTIP app and choosing "Cumberland County Prosecutor's Office," texting 847411 beginning the text with CCPOTIP or by going to the Cumberland County Prosecutor's Office Facebook page and clicking "submit a tip."
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