Pickup truck sought in fatal attack in Glouco
Joseph Pirri, of Blackwood, died Thursday at Cooper Medical Center in Camden, where he was taken after the attack March 7 about 4:20 p.m. in Deptford.
Authorities were seeking help in locating a pickup truck that was driven by the suspect in last week's slaying of a 32-year-old man in Deptford Township, prosecutors said.
Joseph Pirri, of Blackwood, died Thursday at Cooper Medical Center in Camden, where he was taken after he was assaulted about 4:20 p.m. on March 7 while on Tanyard Road near Mail Avenue. The Gloucester County Medical Examiner's Officer said the cause of death was a sharp wound to the face.
The suspect, described as a black man who was wearing jeans and a gray vest, was driving a white-over-tan Ford King Ranch pickup truck with a crew cab and a bed-mounted toolbox. The suspect drove from the scene of the attack south on Tanyard Road to Barnsboro Road, where he turned right. He then turned left onto Woodbury-Glassboro Road and continued south on Route 47 through Glassboro and then into Clayton Borough.
Anyone with information about the crime can call Detective Warren Rivell of the Gloucester County Prosecutor's Office at 609-685-7396, or Detective Rory Tipping of the Deptford Police Department at 856-462-1334.