Police: 90-year-old NJ man shot and killed his female neighbor
TRENTON A 90-year-old man has been accused of shooting and killing his neighbor.
Trenton Police responded to reports of shots fired outside a home along Sheridan Avenue on Saturday around 6:30 p.m.
Detectives found a woman who had been shot more than once, who was pronounced dead at the scene.
Inside the home, Clent Morris, of Trenton, was taken into custody and a handgun was recovered. Morris was treated at a local hospital for an injury to his eye, according to police.
Investigators said it appeared that Morris and the woman knew each other and had a history of fighting.
90-year-old killed neighbor on street across from police department, cops say
Updated 9:42 PM;
A Trenton man who police say shot his neighbor to death was arrested moments after the crime, which occured on a side street across from police headquarters.
Trenton police detectives Jeffrey Vetter, Michael Gettler, and Gregory Woods were close enough to hear the shots at about 6:20 p.m. Saturday and responded immediately, Police Director Sheilah A. Coley said in a statement.
They arrived on Sheridan Avenue and found a woman suffering gunshot wounds, and learned the suspect was inside a nearby home. The officers arrested Clent Morris, 90, moments later and found the handgun he allegedly used, the statement said.
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A 90-year-old man was arrested in connection with the deadly shooting of his female neighbor in Trenton Saturday, authorities said.
Police responded to Sheridan Avenue at 6:22 p.m., on reports of shots fired where they found a woman suffering gunshot wounds, Police Director Sheilah A. Coley said.
The woman was pronounced dead at the scene while the suspect, Clent Morris, was taken to a hospital for treatment of a wound on his eye, authorities said.
Morris and the victim apparently knew each other and have gotten into arguments in the past, police said.
Detectives with the Mercer County Homicide Task Force was investigating.
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