Jerome J. Thomas, a 21-year-old Black man from the Somerset section of Franklin Township, was fatally shot on the evening of Friday, August 4, 2017. Officers were called to the 600 block of Southard Street in Trenton after reports of gunfire and found Thomas unconscious and unresponsive in the street with multiple gunshot wounds to his torso. He was transported to a local hospital and pronounced dead shortly after arrival.

The Mercer County Homicide Task Force took over the investigation. Witnesses described the shooter as a Black male who fled the scene immediately after the shooting. No arrests have been announced and investigators say the case has gone cold as they have struggled to get witnesses to come forward.

Anyone who was in the area that evening or who has information about the shooting is asked to contact the Mercer County investigators handling the case.