Oscar Palacios, 54, was killed on the morning of June 6, 2022, at Priori’s Deli on Hillcrest Avenue in Trenton. The teen allegedly fired, grazing the younger brother’s forehead, then shot the older brother in the abdomen during a struggle and fatally struck Oscar Palacios in the chest. The assailant fled on a distinctive multi-colored mountain bike.

Both brothers were taken to a nearby hospital; Oscar Palacios died of his injuries while his brother survived and was later released. Investigators with the Mercer County Homicide Task Force and the Ewing Police Department identified a 17-year-old from Trenton after surveillance footage and an unrelated warrant led to his custody. Detectives observed the teen wearing sneakers matching the surveillance images; the shoes reportedly had dried blood that forensic testing linked by DNA to Palacios’s brother. The youth is charged with murder, attempted murder, felony murder and robbery and held at the Middlesex County Juvenile Detention Center.

Are there witnesses or nearby businesses that can add details about the suspect’s route after he fled on the bike?