Shortly after 4 a.m. on Thursday, August 19, 2021, officers in Trenton found 37-year-old Herberth Ramirez-Pimentel unresponsive in Ditmar Alley. He had suffered a gunshot wound and was pronounced dead at the scene. The Mercer County Homicide Task Force and the Trenton Police Department led the investigation.

Months later investigators identified two suspects. A 15-year-old male from Trenton was taken into custody and held at the Middlesex County Youth Detention Center. A second suspect, 26-year-old Domonic Hodges of Hamilton, was charged as well; Hodges was already in the Mercer County Correction Center on a parole violation when the homicide-related charges were filed. Both face charges including murder, felony murder, robbery, and multiple weapons offenses, and the prosecutor moved to detain Hodges pending trial.

Does anyone have information about Herberth Ramirez-Pimentel, his movements in Trenton, or observations from Ditmar Alley around August 19, 2021?