Black Friday kicks off with fatal shooting in New Jersey mall parking lot

Cops are investigating a shooting outside Hamilton Mall in Mays Landing, N.J., on Black Friday. (Fox 29 Philadelphia)

MAYS LANDING, N.J. – Two brothers were shot, one fatally, in the parking lot of a mall in southern New Jersey early Friday, authorities said.

Acting Atlantic County Prosecutor Diane Ruberton said the shooting happened around 1 a.m. outside the Macy's store at the Hamilton Mall in Mays Landing, about 12 miles west of Atlantic City.

Twenty-one-year-old Demond Cottman, of Atlantic City, was shot multiple times and pronounced dead at the scene.

Twenty-six-year-old Shadi Cottman, of Clayton, was shot in the leg and was listed in stable condition.

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Authorities haven't identified any suspects or said what may have sparked the shooting.

Demond Cottman was a 2013 graduate of Atlantic City High School, where he was a standout football player and runner, and he recently became a father and was an electrical apprentice, a family member told The Press of Atlantic City. He graduated from basic training in the U.S. Air National Guard in 2014, the newspaper reported.

The Macy's store had opened at 5 p.m. Thursday. The mall, which was open from 7 p.m. to midnight Thursday, reopened at 6 a.m. for Black Friday shoppers.