Texas Man Arrested & Charged In Runnemede Fatal Shooting

A Texas man has been arrested and charged for the fatal shooting of a woman on November 2, 2023, reported Camden County Prosecutor Grace C. MacAulay and Runnemede Police Chief William Sampolski.

Steven Burgess, 38, of Spring, TX, was charged with first-degree Murder in the death of his wife 30-year-old Ivy Morris.

On November 1, 2023, at approximately 1:48 a.m., officers from the Runnemede Police Department responded to the Days Inn Hotel for a report of a carjacking and a shooting.

Officers spoke with the male victim of the carjacking, who informed them that a man fired a handgun at him and had stolen his vehicle.

Officers then searched the hotel and located a female victim, suffering from apparent gunshot wounds. The female victim was identified as Ivy Morris, and she was pronounced deceased at the scene.

Following an investigation by the Camden County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide Unit, the Runnemede Police Department, and the Mount Laurel Police Department, Steven Burgess, 38, was arrested on November 1, 2023, by the U.S. Marshals NY/NJ Regional Fugitive Task Force Camden Division, the U.S. Marshals Eastern PA Violent Crimes Task Force – Philadelphia Division, and the Philadelphia Police SWAT Team.

Burgess is currently in custody in Philadelphia, pending extradition to New Jersey. This is an active and ongoing investigation. Additional charges are pending.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Sr. Detective Kyrus Ingalls of the Camden County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide Unit at (856) 225-5105.

Tips can also be sent to CAMDEN.TIPS.

All persons charged with crimes are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.