Trenton Hostage Standoff Enters Second Day With Armed Man Holding Kids After Killing Girlfriend, Her Child
The standoff between an armed man barricaded in his South Ward home with children as hostages stretched into a second day as negotiators continue to coax him from the house where law enforcement sources say he killed his girlfriend and her child.
Trenton police said there were no updates on the standoff which now stands at 17 hours. Officers doing a wellness check found the decomposing body of a woman and were forced to withdraw by the armed man, law enforcement sources told The Times.
Negotiators from the New Jersey State Police, FBI, and city police have been trying to talk the unidentified man out of the home since the crisis began Friday afternoon.