The Trenton Times published the following article on January 6, 2014. To read the full article, click here.
Trenton’s bloody year: As city set new record in 2013, authorities created a countywide homicide squad
By Alex Zdan/The Times
on January 06, 2014 at 7:53 AM, updated January 06, 2014 at 10:43 AMTRENTON — The capital city’s bloodiest year ever began with a killing 45 minutes into 2013 and ended with a slaying outside a Hamilton Avenue liquor store two days after Christmas.
In between, there were stabbings, drive-by shootings, ambushes with gunfire and robberies turned violent. In Trenton, 37 people were murdered during the last year. Two other men lost their lives in car crashes that have been as vehicular homicides, making a total of 39 homicides for 2013 — passing the record of 31 set in 2005 and obliterating the 2012 mark of 24 killings. Law enforcement officers shot two more men dead in armed confrontations.
Many of the homicides fell into the category of disputes over women, drugs and money, according to Police Director Ralph Rivera Jr., while others were of a more unusual kind.