Two men are dead in separate incidents that happened New Year's morning in Atlantic City.
A man was found dead with multiple stab wounds at about 7:34 a.m. on the wooden walkway onto the beach at Michigan Avenue across from Bally's Atlantic City, according to the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office.
Nazir Cintron, 22, was pronounced dead at the scene.
Just more than an hour earlier, police had been called to South California Avenue for a man bleeding.
were first called to a man bleeding in the first block of California Avenue
Vincent O’Brien, III, 50, was found in the area between Pacific and Monterey avenues. He was taken to AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center's City Campus, where he died from his wound, the Prosecutor's Office said.
They are not confirming how he died pending an autopsy.
Cintron's attack was reported as a stabbing.
His autopsy is also pending.
The cases are not believed to be connected.
These incidents are being investigated by the Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office’s Major Crimes Unit in cooperation with Atlantic City police.
Anyone with information is asked to call the Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office Major Crimes Unit at 609-909-7666 or go to the Prosecutor’s Office Website at ACPO.Tips and provide information by filling
out the form anonymously on the Submit a Tip page. Information can also be texted anonymously to tip411 (847411), beginning the text with ACPD.
(NOTE: This story originally ran Jan. 1, 2024. It has been updated with details and the names of the victims.)
