Investigators said Lamont Truitt, 36, approached a silver Toyota Camry on Coolidge Avenue around 5:51 a.m. and began arguing with his girlfriend, 32-year-old Alyssia Murphy of Trenton. He then pulled a handgun and “fired multiple times.” A 25-year-old woman sitting in the car with Murphy was able to get out before Truitt got in the Camry and drove off.
Moments earlier, police had been alerted by a ShotSpotter notification reporting multiple rounds in the area of Oakland Street. Trenton Communications also received calls saying a woman had been shot in the leg. Officers were directed to the 200 block of Coolidge Avenue, where they found the 25-year-old victim with a gunshot wound. She was taken to Capital Health Regional Medical Center, officials said.
A second call reported that another woman had been shot multiple times by a man fleeing in a silver four-door vehicle. Detectives at the scene could not locate her, prompting the Mercer County Homicide Task Force to join the investigation…