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Trenton Fatal Shooting Victim Identified, 25th Homicide This Year In State Capital

UPDATED: Authorities have identified the South Jersey man killed by gunfire on Monday in Trenton.

The scene of a shooting on Sunday in Trenton (Courtesy of Peterson's Breaking News)

The scene of a shooting on Sunday in Trenton (Courtesy of Peterson's Breaking News)

Photo Credit: Peterson's Breaking News of Trenton

Rahkeem Ortiz, 29, of Blackwood in Camden County 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.

No other details were released. There have been no arrests, DeBlasio said.

Trenton has had 25 homicides this year, according to DeBlasio: 24 fatal shootings and one fatal stabbing.

The capital 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.

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