The Mercer
County Prosecutor’s Office has announced a 17-year-old from Trenton has been arrested and charged in the death
of a 54-year-old man inside a deli.
Police responded to Priori's Deli at
301 Hillcrest Ave. on June 6 around 6 a.m., where they found two brothers with gunshot wounds. Officials say they had been held up by the 17-year-old, who pointed a handgun at the
victims and demanded money.
According to police, the
teen, who was wearing a dark mask covering his face, shot at the brothers, grazing the
forehead of one, and hitting the other in the chest and abdomen.
Police say
Oscar Palacios, of Trenton, was
later pronounced dead at the hospital. The second victim, a 57-year-old
Trenton man, was hospitalized and later released. The two men are brothers and
employees of the deli.
The
juvenile then fled the area on a bicycle. The juvenile was identified through
surveillance video from the surrounding area from the time of the shooting.
The teen is charged with
first degree murder, attempted murder, felony murder, and robbery - as well as
firearm offenses. He is being held in the Middlesex County Juvenile
Detention Center.