Man killed, 2 people injured Sunday in Trenton shooting

One person was killed and two others injured in a shooting in Trenton early Sunday, authorities said.

The shooting happened at 2:10 a.m. near a bar in the 500 block of North Clinton Avenue, a spokesperson for Mercer County Prosecutor Casey DeBlasio's office said in an email .

The victim was identified as Dwayne Penix, 20, of Trenton. No information was available on the identities of the other two shooting victims. No arrests were reported Sunday.

Det. Lt. Lisette Rios, a spokeswoman for the Trenton Police Department, said officers in a nearby patrol car heard gunshots and observed a large crowd fleeing the area. They found two people shot.

“Several officers arrived on scene to help secure the scene while other officers rendered assistance to the victims,” Rios said in an email.

Trenton EMS took the victims to the city's Capital Health Regional Medical Center for treatment, and a third victim arrived at the hospital a short time later, Rios said. One of the victims was pronounced dead, said Rios, who added that the two survivors were in stable condition.

No one returned a message left Sunday morning at the bar, located in the working-class East Trenton neighborhood between Route 1 and Assunpink Creek, about a mile northeast of the Statehouse.

Authorities said the investigation was being conducted by the Mercer County Homicide Task Force. They asked anyone with relevant information to call the detective. Ramon Santiago at (609) 508-6623 or Sgt. Roberto Reyes at (609) 256-0997, or email the task force at [email protected].

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