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| Trenton ties record for most homicides in a year |
| 2013-08-26 |
| [MYFOXNY] Trenton has tied its record for most homicides in a year. Authorities say 26-year-old city resident Jafar Lewis was shot and killed Friday night during a confrontation on a city street, making him the 31st person killed in Trenton this year. That ties the record set in 2005. "Jafar Lewis, come on down!... Oh. Sorry. I mean, 'we feel your family's pain.'" It's not yet clear what sparked the dispute that led to Lewis' death. Authorities say he was in a car with some other people and the assailant's vehicle was alongside that car when the dispute got heated. Both men then exited their vehicles, and the shooting occurred around 9:20 p.m. on Middle Rose Street. Lewis was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead early Saturday. The assailant fled the scene and remained at large Saturday. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #4 Any of them shot by law-abiding white Hispanics? If not I'm tuning out. -- MSM |
| Posted by: regular joe 2013-08-26 12:15 |
| #3 Does the record-breaker get a free EBT card? |
| Posted by: Raj 2013-08-26 11:38 |
| #2 D.C. beat that hollow in the late 80s. The local news used to report the body count for the year on a daily basis, then stopped. Something about making it look like a competition. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2013-08-26 10:13 |
| #1 Pikers. In the early 1990's, the city of Dallas (TX) finished the year with nearly 1,000 murders. Not quite three per day. Trenton is on the way to 48 for the year. Of course, it's probably nowhere near the million or so that Dallas was. |
| Posted by: Bobby 2013-08-26 06:23 |