By: Yuritza Arroyo
Authorities in Mercer County announced today that an investigation conducted by the Mercer County Homicide Task Force and the Trenton Police Department has resulted in charges being filed against two individuals in connection to this weekend’s shooting homicide on Federal Street in Trenton.
According to officials, a 17-year-old Trenton male is charged with murder, attempted murder, and multiple weapons offenses.
Officials say he was arrested without incident on Saturday, March 25, in Hamilton and is lodged at the Middlesex County Youth Detention Center pending a detention hearing.
Nilson Zepeda-Galicia, 24, of Hamilton, is charged with one count of unlawful weapon possession.
According to authorities, he was charged on Friday evening shortly after the shooting.
The prosecutor’s office has filed a motion to detain him pending trial.
Trenton Police say at approximately 10:40 p.m. on Friday, March 24, officers received several calls reporting shots fired at 602 Federal Street. Responding officers located two adult male gunshot victims near the GT Bar and Lounge.
The victims were transported to Capital Health Regional Medical Center, where Harold Rosario, 19, of Trenton, was pronounced dead a short time later.
The second victim, a 28-year-old man, remains hospitalized.
