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Boy, 14, Charged With Killing Trenton Man With Headshot During Argument

A 14-year-old boy from Hamilton killed a Trenton man with a gunshot to the head during an argument, authorities said.

Danavan Phillips

Danavan Phillips

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Detectives from the Mercer County Homicide Task Force took the boy into custody at his home Tuesday morning, they said.

They filed a delinquency complaint charging the boy with killing 37-year-old Danavan Phillips during a fight the night before in the 100 block of Oakland Street, Mercer County Prosecutor Angelo J. Onofri said in a news release.

The teen, whom Onofri didn't identify because of his age, shot Phillips once under the chin, the prosecutor said, without discussing a possible motive.

Responding officers found Phillips unconscious but breathing shortly before 6:30 p.m. Monday, Onofri said.

He was pronounced dead a little over a half-hour later at Capital Health Regional Medical Center in Trenton, the prosecutor said.

The Hamilton teen was being held at the Middlesex County Juvenile Detention Center in North Brunswick pending a closed-door hearing in the Family Part of Superior Court in Trenton.

Onofri's Homicide Task Force is handling the investigation.

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