Seth Bowers, 21, allegedly gunned down 25-year-old Zaire Gibbs last Wednesday afternoon on Washington Street.
TRENTON -- A Trenton man recently indicted for a robbery in which he impersonated a police officer has been charged with killing a man in Chambersburg last week, authorities said.
Seth Bowers, 21, of Anderson Street, allegedly gunned down 25-year-old Zaire Gibbs last Wednesday afternoon during an argument on Washington Street.
Seth Bowers Gibbs was wounded in the torso and died the next day at a city hospital.
The Mercer County Prosecutor's Office said Monday they have charged Bowers with murder and firearm possesion charges.
He was served the criminal complaints Friday evening while incarcerated at the Mercer County Correction Center in Hopewell Township, where he was lodged on an unrelated case.
Bowers was given an additional $1 million cash-only bail, set by Mercer County Superior Court Judge Pedro J. Jimenez.
Coincidentally, another judge issued a bench warrant for Bowers Thursday - the day Gibbs died - when he did not appear in court for a December 2015 robbery he's charged with committing, officials said.
In that case, Bowers was allegedly one of three males who robbed a man on Charles Street, in Chambersburg.
Officers on patrol happened upon the robbery victim, who pointed out Bowers as one of his assailants, Trenton police said in December.
The police spotted Bowers walking briskly from the scene and pulled alongside him. He ran and officers arrested him at gunpoint following a foot pursuit, police said.
Officers found Bowers with a wallet - with $2 inside - along with a chain with a charm on it and a house key - all of which belonged to the victim.
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The victim told police that moments before they arrived, three people, including Bowers, approached him and Bowers showed a gun and claimed to be a police officer.
Bowers was charged with robbery, weapons offenses, impersonating a police officer and obstruction.
He was indicted in the case in April of this year, the prosecutor's office said.
The murder charges against Bowers come as a result of an investigation by the city police's Shooting Response Team and Robbinsville Detective Adrian Markowski, a member of the Mercer County Homicide Task Force.
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