Editor’s Note: This story was updated at 7:30 p.m. on June 3 to reflect updated information from authorities on the number of people injured in the shooting.
A gunman opened fire on a downtown Trenton block Wednesay morning and injured four people - including a child, police and city officials said.
City spokesman Michael Walker confirmed the incident, and said Mayor Reed Gusciora and police officials would elaborate at a 2 p.m. press event at City Hall.
The shooting occurred just before 9:30 a.m. in the area of North Montgomery Street hear Wood and East Hanover streets, police said.
The conditions of the four victims were not immediately known, but all four were taken to area hospitals for treatment. City officials did not report any arrests or charges.
Due to the nature of the shooting victims, Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office detectives were assisting Trenton detectives, police said.
The city is reeling from 13 homicides since March, as well as a Sunday evening riot downtown during which vandals looted stores and danced on top of two Trenton police cars, one which was set ablaze. The violence followed a peaceful protest of the death last weekend of George Floyd in Minnesota.
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