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Community gathers to discuss violence in Trenton

Joe D'Aquila — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 13:46:59 -0400

The family of slain Trenton teen Tre Lane attend a community meeting to address violence in the city on Sept. 24 at Trenton Police headquarters.

TRENTON — Despite the packed to capacity conference room in the basement of the Trenton Police Department, Monday night’s meeting between police director Ralph Rivera, city council members, community leaders and hundreds of Trenton residents still carried a personal feel for Regina Jenkins, the mother of Tre Lane, the 19-year-old aspiring social worker who became Trenton’s 15th homicide Saturday morning.

“My son grew up around the majority of these people, they’ve actually seen him grow up,” Jenkins said.

Jenkins and Lane’s father, William Lane, stood in front of the crowd holding back tears calling for the community to respond.

“Please if you know something or hear something call the police,” Jenkins said. “I don’t want street justice, I want a justice system. I want him to go through that system and see that pain in my eyes,”

“He was my only baby, he was on the right path, he did everything right, everything I asked him to do… and today my heart is broken,” Jenkins added.

There was talk of what the police would do with Rivera calling for support from the New Jersey State police and putting the TPD’s tactical unit on the street. The elected officials talked about political activism but the main theme of the night was the call for the community to start talking, to the police, to their ministers and community leaders, and to each other.

“We can’t just close our eyes because the next day it could be someone in your family,” Rivera said.

See the full story at Trentonian.com.

Trenton homicide victim recalled as a good kid

Joe D'Aquila — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 01:45:18 -0400

TRENTON — The victim who was fatally shot in the chest in an early morning homicide on Saturday was identified by police as 19-year-old Trenton resident Tre Lane.

The teen was killed after two suspects opened fire on four people on the front porch of a home on the 1100 block of New Willow Street around 3:15 a.m. Saturday morning.

Three of the victims were wounded to their lower extremities, but Lane was fatally shot. The teen made it around the corner before collapsing in a home on the 100 block of Kirkbride Avenue.

According to city activist Andrew Bobbitt and longtime friend of Lane’s family, Tre was a good kid who was active in the community that was raised by parents who were heavily involved in their son’s life.

Lane, was his mother’s only child, Bobbit said, and graduated from Trenton Central High School in 2011, held a job and was attending Mercer County Community College.

Lane’s father, a retired corrections officer and his mother, a school teacher, both played an active role in raising Tre, making him a well-rounded young man, Bobbitt said.

Tre was recalled as being active in the community and doing good work towards charity, Bobbitt called his death a big loss.

Friends flooded the slain teen’s Facebook page with messages expressing the loss of their friend throughout the weekend.

“No one knows why Tre was out at that time,” said Bobbitt.” But that isn’t the issue here, people should be able to be out at anytime without being victims of violence.”

http://www.trentonian.com/article/20120923/NEWS01/120929694/1006/trenton-homicide-victim-recalled-as-a-good-kid

Man shot dead in North Trenton, three others wounded

Joe D'Aquila — Sun, 23 Sep 2012 14:39:53 -0400

TRENTON — City police are investigating an early morning shooting that left one man dead and three others injured, police said.
The shooting took place around 3:15 a.m. in the 1100 block of New Willow Street in the city’s North Ward where two men and two women were “hanging out” on a porch when two people walked up and started shooting. Reports said that three victims were taken to Capital Health Regional Medical Center from the 1100 block of New Willow Street . The fourth victim, the deceased man, was transported from the 100 block of Kirkbride Avenue where he collapsed inside a city home. Police have not released the name of the victim — who is now the city’s 15th homicide victim — as the shooting is still under investigation by homicide detectives. He was shot in the chest.

http://www.trentonian.com/article/20120922/NEWS01/120929775/trenton-police-investigating-city-s-15th-homicide

News video on the shooting from Channel 6 ABC in Philadelphia.

http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=news/local&id=8820608