Overview
- The shooting occurred early Sunday, Aug. 30, on the 100 block of Locust Street during a large unauthorized block party and left two people dead with multiple others hospitalized, with reports varying between eight and eleven wounded.
- Authorities say multiple people walked up to the gathering and opened fire, and investigators recovered more than 50 spent shell casings and found several vehicles struck by bullets.
- The Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide Task Force is leading an active investigation and officials have not announced any arrests or identified suspects.
- Local leaders have urged anyone with cellphone or surveillance video to come forward, and the mayor noted one of the people killed had recently been recognized for positive reentry efforts.
- The Trenton attack occurred minutes after a separate mass shooting in Chicago, a concentrated weekend pattern of late‑night violence that officials say could prompt new steps to limit large unauthorized street gatherings.