Exactly two years to the day Thomas Smith was killed, a Philadelphia man was found guilty Tuesday of murdering the 67-year-old cyclist in Camden, authorities said.

Maurice Peaker Jr., 28, was found guilty of first-degree murder following a jury trial in Camden County Superior Court, Camden County Prosecutor Grace C. MacAulay and Camden County Police Chief Gabe Rodriguez said in a joint statement Friday.

Following the Aug. 15, 2021 early morning shooting, Peaker Jr. was also found guilty of second-degree unlawful possession of a weapon and second-degree possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose.

The Camden County Police Department was notified — via ShotSpotter — at about 3:29 a.m. that six shots were fired near the 1100 block of Kaighn Avenue in Camden. The system senses gunshot sounds and alerts police.

Upon arriving, police officers found Smith suffering from gunshot wounds on the sidewalk near Kaighn Avenue and Rose Street in Camden. After he was sent just over a mile away to Cooper University Hospital, Smith was pronounced dead at about 4:10 a.m.

“Detectives reviewed surveillance video from the area and determined that Smith was shot as he crossed Kaighn Avenue on a bicycle by an individual in a passing vehicle,” the prosecutor’s office said in a summary of the fatal shooting. “The vehicle was found to be a 2000 Nissan Maxima with damage to the passenger side taillight.”

After the Nissan Maxima was later captured by an automated license plate reader, detectives found the car in the parking lot of an apartment building on the 200 block of Oakland Avenue in Audubon. Surveillance video from that area linked Peaker Jr. — who had been living with his girlfriend at the Audubon address — to the shooting.

“The Nissan Maxima was searched and detectives located a shell casing in the vehicle that was the same caliber and manufacturer as the five shell casings recovered at the scene of the shooting.

Ballistic testing later confirmed all six shell casings were discharged in the same firearm,” authorities said, noting that Peaker Jr. was also seen on video leaving the apartment building several times on the morning of the Aug. 15 shooting.

Specifically, police said, Peaker Jr. was seen entering the Audubon apartment just before 3 a.m. and leaving less than four minutes later donning a hat and mask. The Nissan Maxima was then seen being parked at the building shortly after 3:38 a.m. — “less than 10 minutes after the shooting,” the prosecutor’s office said.

According to Camden County officials, Peaker Jr. went inside the building with a tote bag and still wearing a hat and mask. The bag, they added, later tested positive for gunshot residue.

Peaker Jr. was arrested in Yeadon, Pennsylvania, on Aug. 26, 2021, by the U.S. Marshals NY/NJ Regional Fugitive Task Force — Camden Division and the U.S. Marshals Eastern PA Violent Crimes Task Force — Philadelphia Division.

He faces a life sentence when he is scheduled to be sentenced on Nov. 10.

The motive in the shooting was not disclosed. The Camden County Prosecutor’s Office could not be immediately reached for additional comment Sunday.

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