Teenager Charged in Police Involved Shooting in Which He Was Injured

A teenage boy has been charged in connection with a police-involved shooting in Trenton on Aug. 7. The 14-year-old boy who was charged was shot by a state trooper and a county sheriff’s officer, and was wounded in the incident.

The teen was charged with second-degree unlawful possession of a handgun, third-degree aggravated assault and fourth-degree possession of a defaced firearm.

Two state troopers and a county sheriff’s officer responded to the vicinity of 500 Prospect Village in Trenton for reports of multiple shots fired at about 10:15 p.m.

Police stopped three males they saw heading to Calhoun Street from Louise Lane on foot. Two of the young men stopped, but a 14-year-old allegedly kept running.

One of the troopers and the sheriff’s officer chased after the boy while the other trooper stayed with the two who had stopped, police said.

The teenager was allegedly in possession of a .22 caliber handgun that he allegedly pointed at the officers.

According to eyewitnesses, one of the officers yelled “gun” before they fired at the boy, hitting him in both legs and the buttocks. The boy was treated at the scene and taken to Helene Fuld Medical Center in Trenton. He was released on Aug. 14.

The gun was recovered at the scene, off to the right side of where the juvenile was running when he was shot by the two officers.

An emergency response truck that responded to the shooting to provide first-responder services drove over the gun on Calhoun Street and remained parked over the gun through the night while providing lighting for investigators.

A civilian discovered the gun Saturday morning, who saw it shortly after the emergency van moved.

The Attorney General’s Shooting Response Team is investigating the incident. The identities of the state troopers and the sheriff’s officer involved were not released, and the identity of the 14-year-old boy was not released because he’s a juvenile.

Under an Attorney General Directive, the Shooting Response Team, made up of deputy attorney generals, detectives of the Division of Criminal Justice, and detectives of the State Police Major Crimes Unit, are dispatched to the scene.