A 38-year-old man was arrested on Tuesday night and charged with the murder of Maurice Rowe, Mercer County Prosecutor Angelo J. Onofri reported.
Police say Mr. Hamilton Morgan, of Edgemere Avenue, Trenton, is charged with murder, possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, unlawful possession of a weapon and certain persons not to possess a weapon.
He is being held at the Mercer County Correction Center pending a detention hearing.
According to police, just after 6 p.m. on Tuesday, May 7, a Trenton Police Street Crimes Unit was responding to an unrelated call on Hoffman Avenue when they heard shots fired.
Detectives John Carrigg and Stephen Sabanz observed a large group of people at the corner of Stuyvesant and Hoffman avenues and the suspect, later identified as Morgan, fleeing the scene with a gun.
The detectives pursued Morgan on foot down an alley and were able to take him into custody on Ellsworth Avenue.
Police day a handgun was located and an additional loaded magazine was found on Morgan’s person.
The victim has been identified as 30-year-old Maurice Rowe of Trenton.
The victim shot multiple times and pronounced dead at the scene police said.
Despite having been charged, all persons are presumed innocent until found guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.