Man Fatally Stabbed In Mercer County, Authorities Investigating

MERCER COUNTY, NJ — A man was fatally stabbed early Tuesday morning on East Hanover Street, Trenton, Mercer County Prosecutor Angelo J. Onofri said.

Around 2:20 a.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 15, Trenton police were dispatched to an apartment in the 200 block of East Hanover Street on the report of a man stabbed. Officers arrived on the scene and found Antwone Barnes, 37, of Trenton, with a stab wound to the chest, according to authroties.

He was pronounced dead at the scene and a suspect has been detained, Onofri said.

The Mercer County Homicide Task Force and the Trenton Police Department are investigating.

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