A man wanted in a deadly shooting is now in a New Jersey jail. He hid for more than two months. Then he walked into a police station and gave himself up.
His name is Rynell L. Lawrence. He is 32. He is from Bridgeton, New Jersey.
Bridgeton is a small city in Cumberland County. It sits in the south part of the state. About 27,000 people live there.
The shooting happened on Wednesday, June 24. It was just after 8 p.m. Bridgeton police got a call about a man who had been shot. The call came from the Burlington Manor complex on South Burlington Road.
Officers got there at about 8:08 p.m. They found a man shot more than once. His name was Quashawn T. White. He was 33. He was from Newark. White later died from his wounds.
Bridgeton police and the Cumberland County Prosecutor's Office worked the case. They named Lawrence as the gunman. He lived on the same road as the complex.
Prosecutors filed charges on June 26. Lawrence was charged with murder. He was also charged with three gun counts.
Jennifer Webb-McRae is the Cumberland County Prosecutor. Her office made the charges public on June 29. It also sent out a warning that day.
"Lawrence should be considered armed and dangerous," the prosecutor's office said. "The public should not approach him."
But Lawrence was already gone. Police could not find him.
The search dragged on for weeks. Bridgeton police led it. The prosecutor's office helped. So did the New Jersey State Police Fugitive Unit. That unit chases people who run from charges. Tip lines went out to the public.
Then it ended. Early Sunday morning, Lawrence went to the Bridgeton police station on his own. He turned himself in. That is what the prosecutor's office said in an update that same day.
So no one tracked him down. He came in on his own two feet. The prosecutor's office did not say why. It did not share more about the surrender.
Lawrence was booked into the Cumberland County Jail.
The murder count is a first-degree crime. In New Jersey, that can mean 30 years to life in prison. A person must serve at least 30 years before any shot at parole.
Two of the gun counts are second-degree crimes. One is having a weapon for an unlawful purpose. The other is having a gun without the right to carry it. Each one can mean 5 to 10 years in prison.
The last count is a fourth-degree crime. It is called certain persons not to have a weapon. It bars some people with past cases from having a gun. It can mean up to 18 months.
New Jersey does not use cash bail. The state dropped it in 2017. Now a judge decides who waits at home and who waits in jail. Prosecutors must ask the judge to hold a person.
The prosecutor's office said it will ask here. "The State will move for Pre-Trial Detention," the office said. A judge will make the call.
Court records did not list a lawyer for Lawrence.
The prosecutor's office has not said why White was shot. It has not said if the two men knew each other.
Everyone is presumed innocent until proved otherwise.