Search Continues For Shooter Who Killed Collingswood Man: Police

COLLINGSWOOD, NJ — The search continued on Wednesday for the Camden man accused of fatally shooting a Collingswood man in his apartment last month.

A witness told authorities that 21-year-old Dwayne Graves shot 26-year-old Jose Morel, of Collingswood, during an attempted robbery at Morel’s apartment on Nov. 17, according to the probable cause statement in the case provided by the Camden County Prosecutor’s Office.

The witness said they had been visiting Morel at his apartment on the 500 block of North Newton Lake Drive at about 8:30 p.m. that night. They said they had seen a large bag of marijuana on the table upon entering the apartment, according to authorities.

Sometime later that night, two men who were later identified as Graves and 21-year-old Dawud Haskins came to the apartment. Graves immediately pointed a gun at Morel’s chin, and a brawl ensued between the two, the witness told authorities. During this fight, the witness said they escaped the apartment.

Collingswood police were called to the scene for reports of a man who appeared to be injured at about 10:20 p.m., at which time they found Morel suffering from multiple gunshot wounds in the lobby of the complex, according to authorities.

Morel was taken to Cooper University Hospital where he was pronounced deceased at about 11 p.m. Read more here: Friends Mourn Collingswood Shooting Victim; Manhunt Underway

Officers found blood, four spent shell casings and marijuana buds strewn across the floor of Morel’s apartment, according to authorities.

After interviewing the witness, police reviewed surveillance footage that showed three men entering the building on the second-floor terrace at about 10:06 p.m. Two of the men matched the descriptions for Graves and Haskins, while the third man was wearing a black jacket with his hood up, according to authorities.

After the shooting, at about 10:13 p.m., authorities said the same three men were seen leaving through the same door, and they were in a hurry. One of them appeared to be putting something in his waist area, authorities said.

They were captured on surveillance video getting into a vehicle outside the apartment complex and fleeing the scene, authorities said.

On Tuesday, Nov. 19, 20-year-old Damian Crews of Collingswood contacted police and told them he was the third man in the video, authorities said. Crews also lives in the apartment complex.
He said the three of them were on their way up to the seventh floor when they heard gunshots being fired and ran back the way they came, according to authorities. He said they went to a relative’s house nearby.

The following day, Graves contacted police and told them the same story, adding that he fell while running away and busted his lip, according to authorities.

On Monday, Nov. 25, Haskins was arrested on an unrelated matter, authorities said previously. During an interview at the prosecutor’s office, he told detectives the same story, adding that the item he put in his waistband was a large amount of marijuana, according to authorities.

Detectives then reviewed additional surveillance footage they said showed Crews walking toward Morel’s apartment at about 9:33 p.m. that night. A short time later, Crews is seen back on the floor where his apartment is with a bag of marijuana, authorities said.

He left through the terrace door at 9:56 p.m., and got into a vehicle that approached him two minutes later, authorities said. Crews, Graves and Haskins then entered the terrace doors on the second floor at about 10:06 p.m.

Crews was arrested in Collingswood on Nov. 27. Haskins and Crews are both are in Camden County Jail awaiting a pre-trial detention hearing.

Authorities are asking for the public's help to find Graves. He should be considered armed and dangerous. Members of the public who might encounter Graves should not approach him, but should call police immediately, authorities advised. His image, via the Camden County Prosecutor's Office, can be found below.

Anyone with information about Graves's whereabouts is asked to contact Camden County Prosecutor's Office Detective Matthew Barber at 856-225-5166 or Collingswood Police Detective Michael Manning at 856-854-1901. See related: Manhunt Continues As 3 Charged In Fatal Collingswood Shooting: PD