TRENTON, NJ — A Trenton man has been arrested and charged with fatally shooting his girlfriend early Sunday morning.
Lamont Truitt, 36, of Trenton, is charged with first-degree murder, first-degree attempted murder, first-degree carjacking, two counts of second-degree possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, second-degree unlawful possession of a handgun and second-degree certain persons not to possess a firearm.
Truitt turned himself in at the Trenton Police Department on Nov. 16.
The prosecutor’s office has filed a motion to detain him pending trial.
At approximately 5:51 a.m. Sunday, the Trenton Police Department received a ShotSpotter notification for multiple rounds in the area of Oakland Street.
Trenton Communications also began receiving calls for a female shot in the leg.
Responding officers were led to the 200 block of Coolidge Avenue where they found a 25-year-old woman suffering from a gunshot wound to the leg.
She was transported to Capital Health Regional Medical Center.
Police then received another call reporting a female had been shot multiple times by a man who fled in a silver, four-door vehicle.
The investigation revealed that the victim, 32-year-old Alyssia Murphy of Trenton, was in a silver Toyota Camry parked on Coolidge Avenue with a friend when Murphy’s boyfriend, identified as Truitt, approached the vehicle and began arguing with Murphy.
He then pulled a handgun and fired multiple times.
The 25-year-old woman was able to exit the vehicle.
Truitt then entered the Camry and drove away.
About two hours later, Lower Makefield Township Police located the deceased victim inside of a silver Toyota Camry in Pennsylvania in the area of East Ferry Road and the Delaware Canal.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Mercer County Homicide Task Force Detective Luis Vega at (609) 989-6406.
Tips can also be submitted anonymously online at www.mercercountyprosecutor.com.
