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Dwayne Penix

Case from Trenton, NJ dated May 26, 2024

Victim Details

Dwayne Penix

Male

Black / African American

Trenton

NJ

2024-05-26

20

Dwayne

Penix

07/05/2026

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In the early hours of a spring morning, chaos erupted outside a bar in Trenton, New Jersey, leaving a young man's life tragically cut short. Dwayne S. Penix Jr., a 20-year-old male from Trenton, was fatally shot on May 26, 2024, in a violent outburst that wounded two other men. The incident unfolded around 2:10 a.m. outside the Regal 1 Bar on North Clinton Avenue, where a large fight had broken out among a crowd of approximately 200 people.

As Trenton police were responding to the scene o ...
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  • nj: Man killed and 2 people wounded Sunday in Trenton shooting
  • Trentonian: Huge fight outside of Trenton bar ends with gunfire leaving one dead, two wounded early Sunday
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    Has anyone else been following the Dwayne Penix case? I can’t stop thinking about what his family ... ...Read More
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