MERCER COUNTY AUTHORITIES ARE INVESTIGATING A FATAL SHOOTING ON THE 800 BLOCK OF STUYVESANT AVENUE IN TRENTON
" Mercer County Homicide Task Force Actively Investigating The Shooting Death Of Daquan Basnight, 30, Of Ewing, New Jersey."
August 2, 2021 By Art Fletcher Reporting For: Englebrook Independent News,
TRENTON, NJ.- On Sunday, August 1, 2021 Mercer County Prosecutor Angelo J. Onofri announced, The Mercer County Homicide Task Force and The Trenton Police Department are investigating a fatal shooting that occurred in Trenton, New Jersey.
On Sunday, August 1, 2021, at approximately 12:20 a.m., Members of The Trenton Police Department responded to the 800 Block of Stuyvesant Avenue on multiple Shotspotter Activations. Upon arrival, Police Officers located a male victim, later identified as Daquan Basnight, 30, of Ewing, who had succumbed to a gunshot wound to the head.
No arrests have been made at this time. The investigation remains active and ongoing. At this point in the investigation, there seems to be no evidence to suggest that this homicide is related to Thursday's Homicide of Leonard Pettigrew on Stuyvesant Avenue in Trenton.
Anyone with additional information regarding this incident is asked to contact Detective Shawn Bruton at (609) 989-6406 or mchtf@mercercounty.org.
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