1 dead and 22 injured after gunfire at New Jersey art festival
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Police crime-scene tape keeps people away from the brick Roebling Wire Works building in Trenton, N.J., hours after a shooting broke out there at an all-night art festival early Sunday.
Mike Catalini, AP
One gunman was killed and 22 people were injured early Sunday after two men opened fire and triggered a stampede at an all-night arts festival in Trenton, New Jersey, authorities said.
Mercer County Prosecutor Angelo Onofri said one of the suspects, a 33-year-old man, died after apparently being shot by police. The other suspect, who wasn't yet identified, was in police custody.
The shooting at the Art All Night Festival erupted about 2:45 a.m. and is still under investigation. Officials said the motive was unclear. The federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is assisting state police with the investigation.
Onofri said 17 of those injured had gunshot wounds. One of the most seriously injured victims was a 13-year-old boy, he said.
“He is in extremely critical condition," Onofri said. “It absolutely could have been worse given the confined space and the number of shots that appear to have been fired."
About 1,000 people attended the festival at the historic Roebling Wire Works building, which didn't have metal detectors at the doors.
“All shootings, whether larger or small, are a crisis," Trenton Mayor Eric Jackson said. “This isn’t just a random act of violence. This is a public health issue."
Joe Kuzemka, the event director for Art All Night who also is the founder of Trenton Punk Rock Flea Market and owner of Pork Chop Express Booking, said he and his staff were "quite shaken" but otherwise all right.
"Something unbelievably tragic happened last night and I don’t quite know how to process this," Kuzemka said in a Facebook post. "My heart hurts so much. I’m so sad. I’m incredibly angry. I’m exhausted. I’m scared. I’m confused."
The remainder of the festival on Sunday was canceled.
Giancarla Macaluso of Ewing, New Jersey, a volunteer at the event who left two hours before the shooting began, said many of her friends were still there. One friend is a nurse who helped after the shooting, she said.
"He said that they (the shooters) came in the entrance and just started to shoot — bullets and blood went everywhere," Macaluso said. "I don't know what prompted this — it's just crazy. There is so much good in this city, but I guess there is an element of craziness. It's such a shame. It makes me sad and angry."
https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2018/06/17/trenton-shooting/708419002/
Currently only the gunman is dead, hope it stays that way
As someone who used to attend Art All Night back when I lived in the city, this is a huge shame. It's a really good time; it's completely fucked that somebody would target such a nice event.
fucking wrecked, lmao
I'd hope so as well, I don't think we'd be prepared if he came back.
Close friend of mine was there. He is unharmed, but two of his friends were hospitalized. No life threatening injuries, thankfully.
"As soon as I heard the shooting stop, I went outside, and about 20 feet on my left, there was somebody who was shot in the leg, but on my right, about another 25 feet, was somebody who was shot in the head," Toth said. "I went down to assist him. The three of us were taking care of the guy shot in the head. Everybody was running."
Jesus talk about the luckiest unlucky guy in the world. Shot in the fucking noggin (well, I mean head anyway since it doesn't seem to specify the hit location. In all likeliness it was probably lower face hence the whole "hes not dead" bit) and lives. Honestly, the likelihood of a shooting like this with 22 people shot and only the shooter dying has got to be some pretty stellarly low odds.
I had to look at that one for a minute... fuckin hell
Someone I know left an hour before the shooting started..
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