14-year-old charged with killing another 14-year-old at Camden birthday party

CAMDEN — A 14-year-old boy from Camden is accused of fatally shooting another 14-year-old outside a birthday party last month.

The suspect, whose name was not released, is charged with the murder of Dai’meon Allen of Lindenwold, according to the Camden County Prosecutor's Office.

The Lindenwold High School freshman was attending a party at the Elks Lodge on the 1800 block of Mount Ephraim Avenue when he was shot around 9:30 p.m. on Dec. 3, the prosecutor's office said.

According to an obituary, "Dai'meon loved to cook for his family" and found small jobs "at a young age ... like sweeping barbershops to earn money for himself."

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"He loved to stay home, playing his video games, and playing his game with his cousins; play(ing) football, making TikToks, joking and laughing with friends and family," the obituary said.

"He was full of love and made all his cousins feel special," it continued. "He was a protector of all."

The suspect was arrested Tuesday "following an extensive investigation," the prosecutor's office said. He is being held at the county's Juvenile Detention Center pending a court hearing.

The charges against the suspect are only allegations.

Anyone with information about the case is asked to call Prosecutor's Detective Matthew Kreidler at 856-930-5355 and Camden County Detective Maria Bagby at 609-519-6947.

Jim Walsh is a senior reporter with the Courier-Post, Burlington County Times and The Daily Journal.

This article originally appeared on Cherry Hill Courier-Post: Camden teen accused of shooting 14-year-old at birthday party