A 62-year-old Trenton woman was shot just above the knee and did not seek medical treatment last Friday, authorities said.
TRENTON — As detectives investigated the slaying of Robert Wright in front of a Hamilton Avenue liquor store on Friday, they discovered new information: an additional victim who was hit in the spray of gunfire that night.
Authorities at first believed a 30-year-old Ewing man shot in the leg was the only person hit other than Wright when multiple shots rang out. Yet on Monday, detectives from the Mercer County Homicide Task Force discovered a third victim, said Casey DeBlasio, a spokeswoman for the prosecutor’s office.
“A 62-year-old Trenton woman was shot just above the knee and did not seek medical treatment,” DeBlasio said today.
It was not clear why the victim did not go to a hospital after being shot, or where she was when officers arrived on the scene and began the investigation.
No arrests have been made and no suspect descriptions were given in Wright’s killing. But more information has come to light about the shooting.
“Police believe there is at least one shooter, possibly a second,” DeBlasio said.
Though detectives have increased the number of potential suspects, they said there’s no indication the victims fired any shots. A witness had said last Friday he saw a gunman come up Hamilton Avenue from South Clinton Avenue and open fire on the storefront from 10 or 15 feet away while several people were standing outside.
The 32-year-old Wright’s last known address was listed as Bridgeton, Camden County, but DeBlasio said he is from Trenton. He was shot in the abdomen outside Bilancio’s Wine & Liquors about 5:45 p.m. and pronounced dead at the hospital at 7:01 p.m.
Wright had served at least three stints in state prison following drug arrests in 2005 and 2008, according to corrections records. He was most recently released from prison on March 25.
The Homicide Task Force is investigating. The task force was launched in November and includes detectives from the prosecutor’s office, Mercer County Sheriff’s Office and the entire Trenton police homicide unit.
Anyone with information on the case is asked to call the task force at (609) 989-6406 or the Trenton police Confidential Tip Line at 989-3663.
Contact Alex Zdan at (609) 989- 5705 or azdan@njtimes.com.
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