SHOT TO DEATH
Trenton man becomes city’s 28th murder of the year »
TRENTON » The capital city has recorded its 28th homicide of 2020 this weekend.
A male victim in his 20s was fatally gunned down about 5:30 p.m. Saturday on the 1100 block of East State Street, authorities confirmed.
Trenton Police responded to the area after receiving multiple calls of shots fired and found the victim in the rear suffering from extensive gunshot wounds, according to the Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office. The victim, identified as Tyree Washington of the Wilbur section, was pronounced dead at the scene.
Authorities as of Saturday
night did not announce any arrests in connection with the fatal gunplay.
The Mercer County Homicide Task Force is investigating the incident, the latest murder to rock the capital city in a year of rising bloodshed.
With four months to go, 2020 is already booked as one of the worst years of murder and mayhem in city history. Put in context:
Trenton had 37 homicides in 2013; 32 homicides in 2014 and 31 homicides in 2005, the worst years on record, according to FBI expanded homicide data for Trenton Police Department from 1985 through 2018.
The 28 homicides of 2020 currently ranks as No. 4 on the annual kill list, with the potential to climb even higher if the gun violence continues unabated.
Anyone with information on Saturday’s deadly shooting is urged to contact the Mercer County Homicide Task Force at (609) 9896406 or mchtftips@mercercounty.org.