Lamar Abdul Thompson

Lamar Abdul Thompson was a 27-year-old resident of Camden, New Jersey. Public records and contemporary news reports identify him by name and age and place him in the heart of his community. On the evening of September 2, 2017, Lamar’s life ended; he was taken to Cooper University Hospital after suffering fatal injuries and died that same night.

Outside of the immediate facts surrounding his death, the public record about Lamar’s daily life is limited. He is identified in local coverage as a Camden resident, and those sparse details point to a life lived in a city where family, neighbors, and local streets form the fabric of everyday existence. While formal biographical records and a family-published obituary matching the exact date of death were not found in available sources, the records that do exist confirm his full name, age, city of residence, and the date he died.

When public documentation is brief, it’s important to honor what is known without filling gaps with unverified claims. Lamar was a real person whose family connections and community ties mattered. Even when the larger contours of a life are not fully recorded in newspapers or online memorials, the fact that friends and family carried memories of him — stories, laughter, routines, obligations — is enough to show that his life had meaning beyond any single public moment.

This page is intended as a quiet remembrance: to acknowledge Lamar’s presence in Camden, to record his name and the date he died, and to hold space for the people who knew him best. If family members or close friends wish to share memories, photographs, or corrections so this page can better reflect Lamar’s life, those contributions would help make this remembrance more complete and more personal.