Shooting at New Jersey fiesta kills 1, 20 injured
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Shooting broke out at an all-night art festival in Trenton, New Jersey, early yesterday, sending people stampeding from the scene and leaving one suspect dead and 20 people injured, authorities said.
Many of the 20 injured were treated for gunshot wounds, Mercer County Prosecutor Angelo Onofri said yesterday morning. Four of those, including a 13-year-old boy, were in critical condition.
He said that two suspects opened fire around 2:45am during the Art All Night festival that showcases local art, music, food and films. One of the suspects, a 33-year-old man, was killed. Another suspect is in custody.
Yesterday, there was crime scene tape surrounding the site of the old warehouse building that now shares a parking lot with a supermarket, bank and laundry facility.
Authorities say that about 1,000 people were in the area when the shooting started.
Ernie Rivas has owned a shop near the site of the shooting for 17 years and said he came back from the beach yesterday morning when he heard what happened. “I’ve never seen this happen. It’s bad, I feel bad, especially on Father’s Day,” he said.
Theresa Brown said she’s been volunteering at Art All Night for 12 years and has never seen or heard of violence like this. She said she was leaving from her volunteer shift around 2am and heard “pop, pop, pop.”
“I thought it was a car backfiring,” she said.
She returned to the scene about 7am and saw the police.
Art All Night Trenton began on Saturday afternoon and was scheduled to conclude yesterday afternoon. The remainder of the festival has been cancelled.
“We’re very shocked. We’re deeply saddened. Our hearts ache and our eyes are blurry but our dedication and resolve to building a better Trenton through community, creativity and inspiration will never fade. Not tonight. Not ever,” festival organizers posted on social media yesterday.
A spokeswoman for St Francis Medical Center in Trenton said that 10 victims were being treated there for minor injuries.
She said they were both men and women, ranging in age from 17 to 48. They were in various stages of being released, she added.
One man with a gunshot wound was transferred to Cooper University Hospital in Camden. More victims were at Capital Health Systems in Trenton.
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