Mercer County, Trenton

Victim From Stuyvesant Avenue Shooting Has Died

August 23, 2023

TRENTON, NJ (MERCER)–The Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office reported that the victim from the August 19, 2023 Stuyvesant Avenue shooting has died.  The victim is Taquan Foxworth, 29, of Trenton.  The Mercer County Homicide Task Force is investigating.

On August 19, 2023 Trenton Police Department, Det. Lt. Nathan B. Bolognini told MidJersey.news that police received a ShotSpotter activation for the area of 763 Stuyvesant Avenue for 13-rounds fired early that morning. Police located the scene in front of 802 Stuyvesant Avenue and casings on the side of 801 Stuyvesant Avenue. A 29-year-old male Victim was transported by private vehicle to the hospital in critical condition. The Shooting Response Team is investigating the shooting.

This is the 20th homicide in the City of Trenton for 2023. The last homicide was over a month and a half ago on July 1, 2023 where Precious Saunders, 32, of Trenton was allegedly shot by her boyfriend, Jeremy Ratliff, 29, of Trenton, New Jersey. Ratliff has been charged with first-degree murder and second-degree possession of a firearm for an unlawful purpose.

Trenton Police Investigate Early Morning Shooting

Names of the 2023 Trenton Homicide Victims

  1. 1/16/2023 Donnell Williams, 29, Trenton, Shooting.
  2. 2/12/2023 Stephanie Vil, 34, of Burlington, Shooting.
  3. 2/16/2023 Khalil Glanton, 23, Trenton, Stabbing.
  4. 3/24/2023 Harold Rosario, 19, Trenton, Shooting.
  5. 3/26/2023 Nyeisha Saunders, 41, Trenton, Shooting.
  6. 4/09/2023 Jhosse Tolentino, 23, Trenton, Shooting
  7. 4/12/2023 Jared Anderson, Trenton, Shooting (died May 29)
  8. 4/14/2023 Daniel Garvin, 46, Trenton, Shooting
  9. 4/20/2023 Ralph Conquest, 43, of Lawrence, Shooting
  10. 5/14/2023 Roger Martinez-Rodriguez, 27, Trenton, Stabbing
  11. 5/14/2023 Justin Reed, 24, of Ewing, Shooting (died May 22)
  12. 5/26/2023 Sherief Treadwell, 36, Trenton, Shooting
  13. 6/09/2023 Markell Biggs, 20, Trenton, Shooting
  14. 6/11/2023 Shaquan Brown, 23, Trenton, Shooting
  15. 6/15/2023 James Junior Journigan, 36, Shooting
  16. 6/15/2023 Louis Washington, 38, Trenton, Shooting, (died June 17)
  17. 6/19/2023 Ernest Denard, 61, Stabbing
  18. 6/22/2023 Guillermo Sanchez, Shooting
  19. 7/01/2023 Precious Saunders, 32, of Trenton
  20. 8/23/2023 Taquan Foxworth, 29, of Trenton, Shooting 8/19