Authorities
are asking for help from the public in finding the person responsible for the
shooting death of a 9-year-old girl during a reported brawl in the downtown
area of Trenton.
Mercer
County authorities say police were called Friday around 7:30 p.m. to a reported
fistfight in a large crowd in the Kingsbury Square courtyard.
An alert
was also received from the ShotSpotter system, officials said.
The Trenton
girl, identified as Sequoya
Bacon-Jones, was found with a single gunshot wound and later died at a
hospital.
Mayor Reed
Gusciora called the death “horrific” Saturday, and said investigators
need help from eyewitnesses.
So far, no
arrests have been made.
AP wire services helped contribute to this report.