Murder Totals in Mercer County for 2021: Trenton: 40 Hamilton: 6 Ewing: 3

January 1, 2022

MERCER COUNTY, NJ –Murder Homicides in Mercer County have reached an all-time high of 49 for the year 2021. Other higher years in Mercer County were tied with 41 murders in 2013 and 2020.

Trenton ends 2021 with 40 murders with a tie of the all-time high set the prior year in 2020. Ewing Township reported 3 murders and Hamilton Township 6 murders in 2021.

None of the other municipalities in Mercer Conty have reported any murders for 2021

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40th Trenton Murder of 2021 Ties Last Year’s All Time Record

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Mercer county Murders Per Year Since 1989

NJ State Police Uniform Crime Report available here: https://www.njsp.org/ucr/uniform-crime-reports.shtml

1989 = 26

1990 = 25

1991 = 10

1992 = 17

1993 = 19

1994 = 12

1995 = 20

1996 = 16

1997 = 14

1998 = 15

1999 = 10

2000 = 17

2001 = 18

2002 = 21

2003 = 16

2004 = 23

2005 = 34

2006 = 21

2007 = 26

2008 = 24

2009 = 18

2010 = 20

2011 = 25

2012 = 26

2013 = 41

2014 = 32

2015 = 20

2016 = 26

2017 = 27

2018 = 22

2019 = 20

2020 = 41

2021 = 49** As of 12/31/2021 at 9:00 p.m.

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Trenton Murders Per Year Since 1989

NJ State Police Uniform Crime Report available here: https://www.njsp.org/ucr/uniform-crime-reports.shtml

1989 = 22

1990 = 21

1991 = 7

1992 = 16

1993 = 11

1994 = 9

1995 = 16

1996 = 14

1997 = 12

1998 = 15

1999 = 8

2000 = 14

2001 = 13

2002 = 19

2003 = 13

2004 = 18

2005 = 31

2006 = 18

2007 = 25

2008 = 19

2009 = 18

2010 = 15

2011 = 23

2012 = 24

2013 = 37

2014 = 32

2015 = 17

2016 = 21

2017 = 23

2018 = 16

2019 = 15

2020 = 40

2021 = 40** As of 12/31/2021 at 9:00 p.m.

• Prior to 1989 the known highest murder number in Trenton, NJ was 1970 with 27

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Names of 40 Trenton 2021** homicide victims with links to MidJersey.News stories:

1. 2/18/2021 Jabree Saunders, 26, from shooting on May 14, 2018
2. 2/22/2021  Khalil Gibbs, 25, of West Windsor, shooting
3. 2/25/2021  Lovelle Laramore, 60, of Trenton shooting
4. 4/15/2021  Kaheem Carter, 22, of Trenton, shooting
5. 4/20/2021  Shaquan McNeil, 25, of Trenton, shooting
6. 4/24/2021  Cheryl Jones, 65, of Trenton, shooting
7. 4/29/2021  Ramire Harvey, 25, of Trenton, shooting
8. 5/15/2021  David Williams 36, of Trenton, shooting
9. 5/29/2021  Edgar Geovani Sis-Luis, 34, of Trenton, aggravated manslaughter
10. 7/05/2021  Dion Ellis, 16, Trenton, Shooting
11. 7/14/2021  Pablo Herrera Chun, 53, Trenton, Shooting
12. 7/19/2021  William Mitchell, 33, Trenton, Shooting
13. 7/19/2021  Jermel Carter, 38, Trenton, Shooting
14. 7/29/2021  Leonard Pettigrew, 58, Trenton, Shooting
15. 7/30/2021  Shaquil Loftin, 23, Shooting, Trenton
16. 8/01/2021  Daquan Basnight, 30, of Ewing, Shooting
17. 8/13/2021  Javier Chaj-Ajtun, 33, of Trenton, Shooting
18. 8/19/2021  Herberth Ramirez Pimentel, 37, of Trenton, Shooting
19. 8/23/2021  Yanquai Edwards, 25, of Rancocas, NJ, Shooting
20. 8/25/2021  Daron Cheston, 18, Trenton, Shooting
21. 8/27/2021 Ziare Jones, Shooting
22. 8/30/2021  Fred Davis, 43, Trenton, Shooting
23. 9/06/2021  Shamiem Young, 26, Trenton, Shooting
24. 9/17/2021  Jeff Charles, 37, Trenton, Shooting
25. 9/25/2021  Shemiah Davis, 15, Trenton, Shooting
26. 10/2/2021  Omar Burgess, 49, of Trenton, Shooting
27. 10/3/2021  Elias Juarez Lopez, 31, of Princeton, Shooting
28. 10/4/2021  Candice Ruff, 19, of Trenton, Shooting On September 25
29. 10/7/2021  Douglas Munn, 50, of Trenton. Shooting
30. 10/13/2021 Melvin Williams 26, of Trenton, Shooting
31. 10/29/2021 Edwin Obdulio Gomez Interiano, 41, Shooting
32. 10/29/2021 Everth Barrera, 56, of Ewing, Shooting
33. 10/30/2021 Dartanian Ames of Lawrence, 41, Shooting
34. 11/1/2021  Hector Torres, 43, of Trenton, Shooting on 10/31
35. 11/17/2021 David Johnson, 39, of Trenton
36. 12/11/2021 Michael Degrass of Trenton
37. 12/18/2021Unidentified male, shot Garfield Ave
38. 12/25/2021 Selvin Lima, Arson
39. 12/25/2021 Dilman Canpos, Arson
40. 12/31/2021 Shooting Donnelly Homes

*Updated to reflect the person who died in 2021 from complications from a shooting on May 14, 2018 as per medical examiner report.

**As of 9:00 p.m. 12/31/ 2021

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Hamilton Township 2021 homicides stories:

Edison Man Arrested For Hamilton Township Murder

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Fatal Shooting in Hamilton Township Under Investigation

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Mercer County Grand Jury Returns Indictment Charging Michael Sanders in the Hamilton Fire that Killed Four People

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UPDATE: 2nd Alarm Fatal Fire in Hamilton Under Investigation

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Ewing Man Arrested For Hamilton Township 7-11 Murder

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BREAKING: Authorities investigating fatal shooting in Hamilton

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Ewing Township 2021 Homicide stories:

Shooting Homicide in Ewing Township Under Investigation

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Two Ewing Residents Arrested in Connection to Ewing Murder

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One Pronounced Dead in Ewing Shooting

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Update: Trenton Man Killed In Ewing Shooting Last Night

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Developing: Shooting Investigation In Ewing Township

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Trenton Resident Arrested In July 1 Ewing Shooting

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21 Year Old Trenton Man Shot In Ewing

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