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Video shows gunmen involved in 'tragic, senseless homicide' in N.J.

A video released by authorities in Camden County yesterday shows a man dressed in a black hoodie, pointing his handgun over the glass counter at Alex's Bakery, in Woodlynne, last week.

A video released by authorities in Camden County yesterday shows a man dressed in a black hoodie, pointing his handgun over the glass counter at Alex's Bakery, in Woodlynne, last week.

Seconds later, Oscar Medina Hernandez, 29, a married father of two who had bought the bakery three years ago, was dead.

"This is both a tragic and senseless homicide," Camden County Prosecutor Warren Faulk said during a news conference yesterday.

Al Hernandez stood behind that same counter yesterday, mere feet from where his brother had been killed. It was the first day that the Ferry Avenue store was open for business since the shooting, and few customers showed up.

"They are scared," Hernandez said. "People don't know whether this can happen again or not."

Faulk said that three black males, all armed and wearing hoodies, entered the store about 8:45 p.m. Oct. 14 to rob Medina Hernandez. When the bakery owner backed into the kitchen, they shot him.

They then tried to open the cash register. When that didn't work, Faulk said, they turned to robbing customers in the store.

All three killers are seen on the video surveillance footage entering the store and walking behind the counter. One wore a black hoodie with stripes; another was wearing a distinctive red Ed Hardy-brand hoodie that Faulk hopes someone will recognize.

Hernandez said that his brother's funeral Mass was celebrated in Camden Monday night and that his body would be returned to his hometown of Puebla, Mexico, today. A donation box sat on the glass countertop yesterday, asking customers in Spanish to help fund Medina Hernandez's return home.

"It costs more than thousands," he said.

Faulk said that Medina Hernandez, who had been in the United States for a little more than a decade, had worked his way up from a dishwasher to a cook at Caffe Aldo Lamberti, on Route 70 in Cherry Hill. Medina Hernandez then opened a bakery in Lindenwold before relocating to Woodlynne about three years ago.

"This was a family of immigrants who worked hard to achieve the American Dream," Faulk said.

Hernandez said that his brother's two young children still don't realize that their father will not return. "They just think he's working in another place," he said.

The Citizens Crime Commission is offering a $1,000 reward for information and can be reached at 215-546-TIPS. Anyone with information about the incident is also asked to call the Camden County Prosecutor's Office at 856-225-8400.