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Mercer County Shooting Response Team

Suspect ID’d, Charged With Attempted Homicide In Trenton Shooting Suspect ID’d, Charged With Attempted Homicide In Trenton Shooting
Suspect ID’d, Charged With Attempted Homicide In Trenton Shooting Police have identified and arrested the suspect in a Trenton shooting following what they describe as “weeks of combing through evidence and extensive investigative work.” Steven S. Harper, 37, was arrested and charged with criminal attempted homicide and related weapons offenses, Trenton Police said in a Monday release. Officers responding to a shooting report at 351 Centre St. in Trenton found a man with a gunshot wound to his left leg just before 7:45 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 27, police said. The man was taken to a nearby hospital for treatment. The investigation was turned over to the M…
Attempted Murder Charges For Suspect Nabbed In Trenton Shooting Attempted Murder Charges For Suspect Nabbed In Trenton Shooting
Attempted Murder Charges For Suspect Nabbed In Trenton Shooting A Trenton man has been arrested and charged with attempted murder in connection with an April shooting, authorities announced. Jaheem Watkins, of Trenton, was charged with criminal attempted murder and two counts of aggravated assault, as well as defiant trespass and various weapons offenses, Trenton Police said on Friday, May 6. Watkins was identified as the gunman who shot and seriously injured a man near 54 Prospect St. on Saturday, April 16, police said. Watkins was being held in the Mercer County Correctional Facility. The investigation was led by the Mercer County Shooting Response …
Feds: 'Community Guns' Smuggled Into NJ Seized, Local Man, Georgia Woman Charged Feds: 'Community Guns' Smuggled Into NJ Seized, Local Man, Georgia Woman Charged
Feds: 'Community Guns' Smuggled Into NJ Seized, Local Man, Georgia Woman Charged A trio of “community guns” were brought into New Jersey by a Garden State man and a Georgia woman, a grand jury has charged. Most used in crimes in New Jersey are smuggled in from out of state, most often from the South, after being bought or stolen, authorities say. These include “community guns,” which two or more criminals stash somewhere – in a mailbox or a garbage can, under a rock or on the tire of a car, for instance -- for instant access and quick disposal by them and others. A grand jury indictment returned in Trenton charges Marquise Peterson, 28, of Trenton, and Quaneisha Frost-…
UPDATE: Trenton Suspect Charged In 'Officer-Involved' Shooting With Federal Agents UPDATE: Trenton Suspect Charged In 'Officer-Involved' Shooting With Federal Agents
Update: Trenton Suspect Charged In 'Officer-Involved' Shooting With Federal Agents A 26-year-old man from Trenton has been charged with attempted murder and robbery of a federal agent, authorities said.  According to the affidavit of probable cause, at about 9 p.m. on Monday, agents with the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms were engaged in an undercover operation in Hamilton Township. During the operation, two undercover agents were at Krauszer’s Food Store on Greenwood Avenue. During the operation, a black suspect wearing a black mask approached the undercover vehicle after one of the agents exi…
UPDATE: Man, 32, Wounded In Trenton Shooting UPDATE: Man, 32, Wounded In Trenton Shooting
Update: Man, 32, Wounded In Trenton Shooting UPDATED: A 32-year-old Trenton man was hospitalized on Tuesday night after being shot, authorities said. The shooting occurred at 8:57 p.m. at 239 E. Hanover and North Stockton streets. Trenton patrol officers arrived and found multiple shell casings in the area, a police spokesman said. While officers were on scene, they were notified of a gunshot victim arriving at Capital Health Reginal Medical Center by a private vehicle, police said. The shooting victim was identified as Quymaire Kelly.  Kelly was treated for a non-life-threatening gunshot wound, police said. The investigation…
Trenton Police, EMS Respond To Another Shooting Trenton Police, EMS Respond To Another Shooting
Trenton Police, EMS Respond To Another Shooting UPDATED: Trenton Police and EMS crews were called to the scene of a reported shooting Thursday afternoon in the South Ward. Police were not immediately able to confirm initial reports of shots fired on the 600 block of Division Street about 2 p.m. A man was transported to Capital Health trauma with a gunshot would to his leg, Peterson's Breaking News reported. The Mercer County (SRT) Shooting response team is investigating the shooting. Trenton'Mayor W. Reed Gusciora called for a nightly curfew due to a recent spat of deadly shootings in the city.  The 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. curfew came a…