Mercer County authorities have released the identity of a man found shot dead in the city on Saturday evening.
Cops found the seriously wounded man on Walnut Avenue in the city's Wilbur neighborhood on Saturday night and died on Sunday morning the Mercer County Prosecutor's Office said.
According to authorities, Shawntay Ross, 39, of Independence Lane in Ewing, died early Sunday from injuries he suffered in a shooting Saturday at Walnut Avenue and Chambers Street.
Authorities said Ross is the second homicide victim in Trenton this year, and second in about a week.
Cops also responded to a Sunday evening shooting that happened in the 800 block of Stuyvesant Ave at around 8:30 p.m. where officers arrived to find a male victim shot multiple times at that location.
The victim was transported to the hospital in serious condition.
according to authorities, police responded to five shootings with five victims in less than 24 hours from late Friday to Saturday evening.