UPDATE: Victim’s Name Released In Yesterday’s Homicide
April 24, 2021
TRENTON, NJ (MERCER)–Trenton Police Director Sheilah A. Coley announced that a Trenton man suspected of
murdering his neighbor has been taken into custody.
Clent Morris, 90, of Sheridan Avenue in Trenton was arrested immediately after the shooting.
On Saturday April 24, 2021 at approximately 6:22 pm, Trenton Police officers were sent to Sheridan Avenueafter receiving reports of shots fired. Detectives Jeffrey Vetter, Michael Gettler, and Gregory Woods wereclose enough to hear the gunfire and immediately responded to the scene. The detectives saw a female victimsuffering from gunshot wounds. They learned that the suspect was still on scene. The detectives entered thehouse where they found Clent Morris suffering from a wound to his eye. They arrested him and recovered ahandgun. The woman was pronounced dead, while Morris was transported to a local hospital to be treated for
his wounds.