The hostage situation involving an armed man in Trenton, NJ has entered day two. A man in barricaded in his home and holding two children hostage in a home where he killed his girlfriend and her child. Trenton and state police, as well as the FBI, are doing everything they can to coax the man from the home without harming the children inside. The man holding the children hostage is not believed to be their father, but the ex-boyfriend of their slain mother, Carmen Kelly. The ages of the children believed to be 17, 14, and 4 but the police have yet to reveal which child was killed by the gunman. Read more below.
Police believe the gunman shot and killed his girlfriend, Carmen Kelly, and one of her children upon their arrival at the scene. It was during a wellness check that the dead body was found, but the man made police officers withdraw their attempts. The stand-off is now entering the 17th hour. Hopefully this is resolved soon and peacefully.
Source: NJ
