BREAKING: Shooting Reported In 100 Block Of Oakland Street In Trenton; CPR In Progress

Update on the victim here:

Victim identified as Rayshawn Baines, 41, of Trenton

October 26, 2022

TRENTON, NJ (MERCER)–About 9:30 p.m. Trenton Police, Trenton Fire Department, TEMS and Captial Paramedics responded to the area of 199 Oakland, at the corner of Oakland and Hoffman Avenues for a person shot multiple times. Initial reports stated person was shot in the back and torso multiple times. EMS quickly transported the victim in grave condition to the Trauma Center at Captial Health Regional Medical Center, a trauma alert was called and CPR was also reported in progress.

There were unconfirmed reports of a suspect running down Hoffman and ran up the old, abandoned railroad bed towards Parkside Avenue. (unverified)

Trenton Police are currently on scene at the time of this report conducting an investigation. The Trenton Shooting Response Team and Mercer County Homicide Task Force are responding.

This is a breaking news report further details will be posted when available.


File photo by: Brian McCarthy


Names of the 2022 homicide victims in the City of Trenton:

  1. 2/15/2022 Antwone Barnes, 37, of Trenton, Stabbing
  2. 2/23/2022 Leonardo Fernandez, 32, of Trenton, Stabbing
  3. 3/01/2022 Shimon Nesmith Jr., 19, of Trenton, Shooting
  4. 3/03/2022 Helen Nelson, 73, of Trenton, Physical Assault
  5. 3/15/2022 Albert L. Barnes, 46, of Trenton, Shooting
  6. 3/25/2022 Sequoya Bacon-Jones, 9, of Trenton, Shooting
  7. 3/31/2022 Tahaad Goss, 16, of Trenton, Shooting
  8. 4/07/2022 Jaquir Queen, 26, of Willingboro, Shooting
  9. 4/09/2022 Leroy Davis, 31, of Trenton, Shooting
  10. 5/01/2022 Jamir McNeil, 25 of Trenton, Shooting
  11. 5/22/2022 Ali Abdullah, 25, of Trenton, Shooting
  12. 6/01/2022 Dreiby Osorio, 16, of Trenton, Stabbing
  13. 9/02/2022 Rasheed Barlow, 35, of Trenton, Shooting
  14. 9/11/2022 Chron Jenks, 34, of Ewing, Shooting
  15. 9/20/2022 Keenan Anthony Trower, 31, of Hamilton Shooting
  16. 10/09/2022 Daquan Brown, 33, of Trenton, Shooting
  17. 10/10/2022 Daveigh Brooks, 25, of Ewing
  18. 10/26/2022 Rayshawn Baines, 41, of Trenton

** Under Investigation Pending determination:

19. ** Cause of “Suspicious death” for Corrine Daniels, 41, of Park Avenue in Trenton has not been released yet from MCPO ** Once official determination is made the list will be updated.

20. ** Cause of fire under investigation by Mercer County Prosecutors Office Brian Wharton, 57, of Trenton