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Chelmar Townsend

Case from Millville, NJ dated Jul 10, 2023

Victim Details

Chelmar Townsend

Male

Black / African American

Millville

NJ

2023-07-10

14

Chelmar

Townsend

06/24/2026

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In Millville, New Jersey, the summer evening of July 10, 2023, turned tragic for 14-year-old Chelmar Townsend. Known affectionately as 'Mar Mar' to his friends and family, the young man was in Waltman Park on City Park Drive when an argument broke out between his friends and another group of youths around 10:20 p.m. As the confrontation escalated, someone produced a gun.

Sensing the danger, Townsend, a promising football player who was just days away from a physical that would clear him t ...
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  • NBC10 Philadelphia: Parents mourn 14-year-old boy who was shot and killed in NJ
  • Family mourning loss of 14-year-old gunned down in Millville, NJ
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