Trenton Mayor Reed Gusciora said Tuesday the city is assisting the family of Maicol Metzler Chic, who was gunned down during an apparent robbery on Whittaker Avenue Sunday night.
Chic, 29, is originally Guatemala and the mayor visited his family Tuesday. He said he was moved by their plea for help in solving his murder, a crime the mayor says could be related to Chic’s ethnicity.
Afterwards, Gusciora issued a public statement. “To our community, and especially to the members of our Guatemalan and Latino communities here in Trenton, I want to say something very clearly: You are part of this city. You deserve to feel safe walking our streets, returning home from work, and going about your daily lives…