January 12, 2024
TRENTON (Mercer) – Two people were reportedly shot in the vicinity of the Donnelly Homes housing project Friday evening (Jan. 12, 2024).
Trenton police, Trenton Emergency Medical Service personnel, Capital Health System paramedics and city firefighters from Engine 1 were dispatched about 5:45 p.m. to the 900 block of Southard Street, between Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and New Willow Street, for a gunshot victim.
First-arriving EMS personnel arrived to find one person who they reported had been shot in the leg. Additional EMS resources were requested after a second gunshot victim was discovered. A large crowd that had gathered reportedly became unruly, so much so that the first ambulance crew on scene advised their dispatcher: “Make sure no one else comes in here without a cop with them.” Similarly, the firefighter who was driving Engine 1 was told by his captain to make sure he stayed near police.
Both victims were rushed via ambulances to the trauma center at Capital Health Regional Medical Center.
This is a breaking news report, based on emergency services radio transmissions. Law enforcement officials were on the scene investigating. No additional information is available at this time.
This evening’s shooting comes less than 24 hours after a person was shot Thursday evening on South Broad Street.
