On the night of April 20, 2023, gunfire tore through the 200 block of Hamilton Avenue in Trenton, New Jersey. First responders arrived about 10:28 p.m. and found three people with gunshot wounds; a fourth victim, 43-year-old Ralph T. Bo Conquest of nearby Lawrence, had been taken to the hospital by a private vehicle. Conquest died at Capital Health Regional Medical Center and was pronounced deceased at about 1:53 a.m. on April 21, 2023.

Officials described the incident as a mass casualty event. One other man was left in critical condition and two additional victims — a man and a woman — suffered non-life-threatening injuries to a hand and a leg. The Mercer County Homicide Task Force and Trenton Police are jointly investigating; no arrests or suspects have been publicly identified in initial reports.

If anyone was in the area that night or has information about the shooting on Hamilton Avenue, please share what you know with investigators.