PLEASANTVILLE – A 22-year-old Absecon man and a 26 year-old Atlantic City man were shot and killed in Pleasantville early on Friday, Jan. 20, according to police.

According to the Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office, John Soto of Absecon and Dometrio Rodriguez of Atlantic City were fatally shot at approximately 1 a.m. near the 800 block of Woodland Avenue near the intersection of Somerset and Spruce Avenues.

Autopsies were scheduled for Friday afternoon. Pleasantville Police Department responded to a call of shots fired in the area, where the officers found the deceased victims, both of whom had sustained gunshot wounds.

“At this time, the Major Crimes Unit is investigating the potential that these murders were gang related,” Prosecutor Theodore F. L. Housel stated.No arrests have been made at this time.

The Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office Major Crimes Unit and the Pleasantville Police Department are investigating this homicide. Anyone with information is asked to call the Major Crimes Unit at (609)-909-7856 or the Pleasantville Police Department at (609)-641-6100.

Anyone with information involving serious crimes is asked to call the Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office at 609-909-7800 or go to the Prosecutor’s Office Web site at www.acpo.org/tips.html and provide information by filling out the form anonymously on the Submit a Tip page. People can also call Crime Stoppers at (609) 652-1234 or (800) 658-8477 (TIPS) or visit the Crime Stoppers Website at www.crimestoppersatlantic.com/. Crime Stoppers offers cash rewards for information leading to the arrest and indictment of those who commit crimes committed in Atlantic County.