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Pleasantville teen charged in fatal shooting

Karim Rice


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A Pleasantville teen is charged with murder and attempted murder in an April shooting that killed one man and injured two teens.

Karim Rice, 18, is jailed in the April 8 daylight shooting in the 100 block of Linden Avenue.

Maurice Hampton, 26, was killed in the attack.

Messiah Burton and Shilameen Henderson, both 18, were wounded.

Acting Atlantic County Prosecutor Cary Shill announced the charges Friday.

Rice is in the Atlantic County Justice Facility awaiting a detention hearing.

Hampton was known by the name Abdul Hamid.


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Lynda Cohen

BreakingAC founder who previously worked in newspapers for more than two decades. She is an NJPA award-winner and was a Stories of Atlantic City fellow.



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