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Ravel Stokes, 25, was apprehended on Friday morning and is charged with first-degree murder, second-degree possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose and second-degree unlawful possession of a weapon, according to Mercer County Prosecutor Angelo J. Onofri.
Stokes is charged in the death of Yuell Moore, 29, on March 25, 2020, Onofri said.
He was taken into custody without incident at his Oakland Street residence by the U.S. Marshals NY/NJ Regional Fugitive Task Force and the Mercer County Tactical Response Team.
The county prosecutor’s office filed a motion to detain Stokes pending trial.
At about 2:30 p.m. last March 25, Trenton police responded to the first block of Hudson Street on a report of a shooting in progress. Police found the victim, later identified as Moore, laying on the ground with a gunshot wound to the head, Onofri said. Moore was pronounced dead at the scene.
A motive for the shooting has not been released.
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