A 27-year-old Hispanic man from Philadelphia, Eric Severino, was found inside his white SUV with a fatal gunshot wound to the chest on a Sunday night in November 2018. The shooting occurred around 10:30 p.m. in Trenton’s Wilbur section, near Walnut Avenue and Monmouth Street, not far from Trenton Central High School. Reports said emergency crews responded after about 10 shots were heard; Severino was taken to St. Francis Medical Center, went into cardiac arrest shortly after arrival, and was pronounced dead.

Investigators tied the killing to a drug transaction. Court documents say Severino and an associate had come from Philadelphia intending to sell a large quantity of heroin, reportedly worth about $1,000, to a buyer they had met weeks earlier. The buyer allegedly entered the SUV, produced a firearm, and shot Severino; the surviving associate fled as more shots were fired in his direction.

The Mercer County Homicide Task Force identified 20-year-old Issiaha Bivens of Ewing as a suspect. Police say a buyer’s cellphone pinged to Bivens’ Upland Avenue residence, clothing matching the shooter and a large quantity of heroin were recovered there, and Bivens’ fingerprints were found on the SUV’s front passenger door. In January 2019 Bivens was arrested and charged in connection with Severino’s death.

Does anyone have information about Severino, the trip from Philadelphia that night, or the people involved?