Michael Jones, 44, was shot in his car on the 300 block of West Hanover Street in Trenton on December 27, 2024. ShotSpotter alerted police at about 11:30 a.m.; officers found Jones in the driver’s seat of a black Mercedes with multiple gunshot wounds. He was taken to Capital Health Regional Medical Center in critical condition, went into cardiac arrest several times, and died on December 28, 2024. An affidavit says he suffered two gunshot wounds to the left side of his skull and one to each side of his neck.

Investigators from the Mercer County Homicide Task Force, the Trenton Shooting Response Team, and the New Jersey State Police identified a suspect, 29-year-old Najir Tripp of Trenton. Security footage shows a man, later identified as Tripp, removing a handgun, adopting a two‑handed shooting stance, and firing into Jones’s vehicle; a Trenton officer identified Tripp from that video. Tripp was wearing an ankle monitor during the incident and was arrested at his home on December 29, 2024. He faces first‑degree murder and several weapons charges, and prosecutors said they will seek his detention pending trial. No motive has been released.

Does anyone in the Trenton area have information about Jones’s movements that morning or about the stretch of West Hanover Street where this happened?