The Mercer County Homicide Task Force is investigating a fatal shooting that occurred about 2:30 a.m. in the 200 block of Pearl Street, authorities said.
Responding Trenton police officers found a man in his 20s suffering from a gunshot wound, according to Casey DeBlasio, a spokeswoman for the Mercer County Prosecutor's Office.
The unidentified victim was taken to the hospital where he was pronounced dead a short time later, DeBlasio said.
The victim’s identity will be released after police notify his family, she said.
There were a total of 16 homicides last year in Trenton.
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