4 arrested in Woodbury shooting incident

WOODBURY - Four people face charges related to a Tuesday night attack in a public parking garage on Cooper Street.

Police responded to the parking garage at Cooper and Broad streets about 8:40 p.m. for reports of a shooting.

According to Woodbury police, four people allegedly attempted to rob a 20-year-old man in the garage. In a fight among them, the man was struck in the head with a weapon. A person allegedly attacking the victim suffered a self-inflicted shot to the hand, according to police.

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Initial reports — including an account from a witness in the garage — indicated the 20-year-old may have been shot in the head. He was treated at Inspira Medical Center in Woodbury for a non-life-threatening injury, police said.

The four people now facing charges — Doug Henderson, 24; Brianna Jiminez, 18; Aleem Clark, 18; and Branden Wentz, 19 — reportedly fled when officers arrived at the garage, police reported.

Their vehicle was stopped on Cooper Street at Woodland Avenue where they were arrested. The vehicle was seized, police said.

A witness told the Courier-Post she believed the man injured at the parking garage suffered a head wound.

Jennifer Maurer said she was leaving the garage in her vehicle when a police officer pulled up, then ran up the stairs.

Maurer said she then saw a man, who appeared to be around 20 years, come around the side of the building, yelling and "crying out."

"He ran up and leaned in my window and said he was shot in the head," Maurer recounted.

"(I) grabbed my hoodie and made him apply pressure," she said

The man was conscious and was talking to 9-1-1 operators on his cellphone when more police and medics arrived, Maurer said.

"The cops did tell me he was going to be OK," she said.

Jimenez, of Logan Township, and Clark, of Camden, are charged with conspiracy to commit robbery. They were released pending a court appearance, police said.

Wentz, of Logan Township, is charged with robbery, aggravated assault, terroristic threats, and weapons offenses, according to police.

Henderson, of Camden, is charged with conspiracy to commit robbery and hindering apprehension, police reported.

Wentz and Henderson are held at Salem County Jail, police said.

Henderson was scheduled to appear in Gloucester County Superior Court Wednesday, according to Salem County Corrections records.

Carly Q. Romalino: @carlyqromalino; 856-486-2476; cromalino@gannettnj.com

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