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Murder-suicide draws armored vehicles to neighborhood in Pennsauken, New Jersey

Law enforcement personnel in tactical gear stormed into a Camden County, New Jersey, home on Wednesday after a fatal domestic shooting.

An armored vehicle pulled up to a home on Bethel Avenue near Maple Avenue in Pennsauken, and images from Chopper 3 showed officers in defensive positions.

A robotic dog was also seen entering the garage.

Pennsauken police responded to the home around 9 a.m. after receiving a report that a man armed with a handgun was inside, the Camden County Prosecutor's Office said.

When officers arrived, they found 59-year-old Janet Camacho on the front steps of the home, suffering from a gunshot wound. She was taken to a local hospital, where she was pronounced dead.

The Camden County Sheriff's Emergency Response Team then took positions outside the home and later entered. Inside, they found 60-year-old Daniel Lopez, Camacho's brother, dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Some residents in the neighborhood were escorted out of their homes by police during the incident.

"There is no known threat to the community. Residents can expect increased police activity in the area. The shooting remains an active and ongoing investigation," a spokesperson for the Camden County Prosecutor's Office said in a statement.

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