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Terrence McKinney

Case from Trenton, NJ dated Jan 16, 2018

Victim Details

Terrence McKinney

Male

Black / African American

Trenton

NJ

2018-01-16

46

Terrence

McKinney

06/29/2026

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In the early hours of a cold Tuesday morning, the city of Trenton was marked by its first homicide of the year. On January 16, 2018, Terrence James McKinney, a 46-year-old Black male, was found dead in a parking lot on West State Street. He had suffered multiple gunshot wounds. The city's Shot Spotter system detected the gunfire around 1:16 a.m., prompting a police response to the scene next to the Mercer Street Friends preschool.

A lifelong resident of Trenton's Prospect Village area, Mc ...
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  • NJ.com: Man found dead in parking lot is Trenton's first homicide of 2018
  • Trenton has first homicide of the year - Trentonian
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