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Taufeeq Mitchell

Case from Mays Landing, NJ dated Sep 24, 2017

Victim Details

Taufeeq Mitchell

Male

Black / African American

Mays Landing

NJ

2017-09-24

31

Taufeeq

Mitchell

07/19/2026

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On a Sunday evening in September 2017, a neighborhood cookout at the Brandywood Apartment Complex in Hamilton Township, New Jersey, turned into a scene of violence that would claim the life of 31-year-old Taufeeq Mitchell. The incident, which occurred on September 24th, began as a verbal dispute between two men before escalating into a larger brawl. It was in the midst of this chaos that Matthew Gonzalez, a 29-year-old from Mays Landing, pulled out a gun and began firing into the crowd.

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  • 6abc Philadelphia: Quadruple shooting in Mays Landing, New Jersey
  • Authorities Investigating Deadly Quadruple Shooting In Atlantic County
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