The man was being treated in extremely critical condition Saturday night.
TRENTON - A Trenton man was critically injured Saturday evening, the fourth shooting in the city in less than 24 hours.
Police responded to the area of Walnut Avenue and Chambers Street after shots rang out around 6 p.m. Saturday and found a man suffering from a gunshot wound, Police Lt. Stephen Varn said.
The man - whose name and age had not been identified Saturday - was rushed to Capital Health Regional Medical Center in Trenton where he was being treated in extremely critical condition, Varn said.
A woman who asked that her name not be published said she lived in the area and was watching a movie in her house Saturday night when her husband burst through the door saying that someone had been shot outside.
The neighbor said she's known the man who was shot for years and called him a "nice guy."
"I've never seen him do anything," she added. "It's hard to believe."
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Saturday;s shooting marked the fourth shooting and fifth victim in Trenton in less than a day. Police don't know if the shootings are connected and they were still searching for suspects Saturday night, Varn said.
The first shooting came around 8 p.m. Friday when police were called to the 100 block of Oakland Street. A man there had been taken to the hospital after being shot in the back of the legs, according to police.
The next was around 11:15 p.m. Friday when a man was shot on Rosemont Avenue and taken to the hospital with extremely critical injuries.
A few hours later police responded to an apartment just a few streets away on Prospect Street where two masked gunmen had forced their way into a party and shot two people there.
Police had not made any arrests in the first three shootings by Saturday night, Varn said.
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