Trenton man charged with murder after dead woman found in car

🚨Police say a Trenton man opened fire on two women on Sunday

🚨Hours later, the 2nd woman’s body was discovered in a car near the Delaware Canal

🚨The suspect later surrendered and now faces multiple charges

LOWER MAKEFIELD, Pa. — The body of a woman shot multiple times just before dawn on Sunday was found inside a car parked along the Delaware Canal in Bucks County, according to officials.

Mercer County Prosecutor Janetta D. Marbrey said Trenton’s Shot Spotter detected multiple shots fired on Sunday morning around 5:50 a.m. on Oakland Street. Police found a 25-year-old woman who had been shot in the leg. She was taken to Capital Health Regional Medical Center.

The prosecutor’s office said during this time police received calls about a second female being shot several times by a man who left the area in a silver, four-door vehicle.

Body discovered along Delaware Canal in Bucks County

Investigators determined that Lamont Truitt, 36, of Trenton found his girlfriend Alyssia Murphy, 33, of Trenton, in a silver Toyota Camry parked on Coolidge Avenue with the  25-year-old woman. The prosecutor said when Truitt approached, he began to argue with Murphy, pulled out a handgun, fired multiple times, got in the Camry and drove off…

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