Jafar Lewis, 26, was shot dead on Middle Rose Avenue near Brunswick Avenue Friday night, police said.
TRENTON -- A 26-year-old city man was shot dead in a street confrontation last night, city police said.
Jafar Lewis was in a car on Middle Rose Street near Brunswick Avenue around 9:20 p.m. His killer's vehicle was alongside his when the shooting happened, according to police.
"Both had exited their vehicle when the incident occurred," Lt. Steve Varn said.
Lewis was struck by gunfire from what police believe was one shooter. An ambulance rushed Lewis to Capital Health Regional Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead at 12:49 a.m., Varn said.
Lewis' death is the city's 31st homicide of 2013, tying the all-time record for a year of killings set in 2005. That year, the 31st and final slaying happened on Dec. 28.
Family members said Lewis was a hip-hop artist on the rise, dedicated to his music. Performing as "Young Farr," Lewis had opened for French Montana at the Sun Bank Center in Trenton and for Rick Ross in Atlantic City, his fiancee Twanna Robinson said today.
"I'm lost," Robinson said. "I just don't understand."
Robinson, who also served as Lewis' manager for his music career, said she and Lewis were inseparable.
Lewis' mother Jacqueline said her son was a good man.
"He was quiet, easygoing," she said. "He didn't bother nobody."
Anyone with information on the Lewis killing should call police at (609) 989-4170, or the Confidential Tip Line at (609) 989-3663.
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