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US Marshals Capture Trenton Fugitive, 29, Charged In Fatal Shooting US Marshals Capture Trenton Fugitive, 29, Charged In Fatal Shooting
US Marshals Capture Trenton Fugitive, 29, Charged In Fatal Shooting U.S. Marshals have arrested a 29-year-old fugitive in Maryland in connection with a fatal shooting in Trenton. Arthur Ford of Home Avenue in Trenton was charged with murder and weapons offenses on Tuesday evening, Mercer County Prosecutor Angelo J. Onofri said. Ford was taken into custody in Pocomoke, Maryland, at a family member’s home by the U.S. Marshals Regional Fugitive Task Force, Onofri said. Rahkeem Ortiz, 29, of Blackwood in Camden County died of multiple gunshot wounds on Aug. 17 in a Trenton parking lot, according to Onofri. Ortiz was pronounced dead a short time…

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Trenton Fatal Shooting Victim Identified, 25th Homicide This Year In State Capital Trenton Fatal Shooting Victim Identified, 25th Homicide This Year In State Capital
Trenton Fatal Shooting Victim Identified, 25th Homicide This Year In State Capital Authorities have identified the Camden County man killed by gunfire on Monday in Trenton. Rahkeem Ortiz, 29, of Blackwood died in the shooting at about 1:30 p.m. on the first block of South Broad Street, according to Casey DeBlasio, a spokesperson for the Mercer County Prosecutor's Office. There have been no arrests, she said. Trenton has had 25 homicides this year, according to DeBlasio: 24 fatal shootings and one fatal stabbing. The city had 15 murders in 2019 and 16 in 2018, according to New Jersey State Police statistics, after recording 21 in 2016 and 23 in 2017. CHECK BACK FOR…

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