BRIDGETON — Two teens were fatally shot and a third was hospitalized late Saturday night in what police believe was a targeted shooting.

The shooting was part of a deadly weekend in South Jersey that started late Friday afternoon.

At around 11:40 p.m. Saturday, gunfire erupted while a 16-year-old girl and two 17-year-old boys from Bridgeton were on the front porch of a house on Oxford Street at Belmont Avenue, Bridgeton Police Chief Michael Gaimari said.

The girl and one of the boys were pronounced dead at the scene. The other 17-year-old was taken to Cooper University Hospital in Camden where he was in stable condition.

Gaimari did not disclose the identities of the shooting victims, their relationships or the circumstances of the shooting.

The chief asked anyone with information about the shootings to call 856-451-0033.

Fatal shootings in Atlantic City, Egg Harbor City

Terrence Dismuke, 30, of Atlantic City was fatally shot outside the Beacon Hall banquet hall in Egg Harbor City while a graduation party was going on, according to the Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office. Investigators have not said if there was a connection between the shooting and the party.

A 19-year-old man was shot dead early Sunday morning in Atlantic City.  The Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office said Tamaj Bennett was found shot around 3:30 a.m. on Atlantic Avenue and taken to a hospital where he later died.

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