Nolman Vidal Rodriguez lived in Trenton's East Ward, and was of Honduran descent.
TRENTON -- A 24-year-old man shot in the head while attending a child's birthday party Saturday has been declared brain dead, the Mercer County Prosescutor's Office confirmed Monday.
Nolman Vidal Rodriguez lived in Trenton's East Ward and was of Honduran descent, his Facebook page says.
His brother, surrounded by family members Monday as his home, also in the East Ward, was too distraught to comment Monday.
Rodriguez was expected to be officially pronounced dead in the near future, the prosecutor's office said.
Friends mourned Rodriguez on social media, offering prayers for his family and saying he was with God.
He was shot in the head shortly before 9 p.m. Saturday as he stood in front of a house on Greenwood Avenue where a child's birthday party was ongoing, officials said
Police investigators located surveillance video of a man walking down the street and firing a handgun indiscriminately in the direction of the house, and party.
The gunman wore a hooded sweatshirt and fired, then ran around a corner and out of sight. Bullets also struck the house, the prosecutor's office said.
No arrests have been announced by the prosecutor's office.
Anyone with information about the shooting can reach the Mercer County Prosecutor's Office's Homicide Task Force task force detective at 609-989-6406. Individuals may also call the Trenton Crime Stoppers tip line at 609-278-8477 or text a tip - labeled TCSTIPS - to Crime Stoppers at 274637.
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