ATLANTIC CITY — A 32-year-old Atlantic City man is accused of hiring another man to commit a murder that took place about 3½ years earlier, according to the Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office. Prosecutors said Khalif Toombs hired Jamie Sewell, of Atlantic City, to kill Zamir King, who was found dead Jan. 1, 2019. Toombs was charged with conspiring with another to purposely cause death, accomplice to procuring the commission of murder, possession of a weapon without a permit, and possession of a firearm for an unlawful purpose. On Jan. 1, 2019, officers were dispatched to the 600 block of North Ohio Avenue, where they found King, 20, dead inside a vehicle with multiple gunshot wounds, police said. Sewell, then 25, was charged in June 2019 with King’s murder. His trial was still pending and awaiting a court date, according to the Prosecutor’s Office. The article says Toombs was in custody and, if convicted of hiring another person to commit murder, would face a mandatory life sentence in prison. Atlantic City police and the FBI assisted in the investigation. The story also notes that Toombs had previously been sentenced to more than 11 years in prison in November 2020 for his role as the leader of a drug trafficking ring.