Delran man, 27, charged in fatal shooting of 2 men at Edgewater Park party
Ronny Paden
MOUNT HOLLY, N.J. - A Delran man has been charged with the shooting deaths of two men at an Edgewater Park party in January, officials said.
Burlington County officials stated Wednesday 27-year-old Ronny Paden was charged with two counts of first degree murder, among other related charges. He was arrested May 7.
Authorities say Edgewater Park Police were called to a home on the 200 block of Dogwood Road, just before 1 a.m. on January 24, on the report of a shooting.
Police arrived to find two men, James Gist III and Marcus Thompson, fatally shot at a party at the location.
According to officials, neither of the victims was the intended target of the shooting.
It was revealed during a hearing Wednesday that Paden had been released from a New Jersey state prison sentence months early, in November 2020, under a law designed to keep inmates from spreading COVID-19. The law automatically reduced prison sentences with less than a year remaining.
Paden has been ordered to remain in the Burlington County Jail until the charges are adjudicated.
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