At least one gunman sprayed upward of 20 bullets into a block party for a city council candidate, killing a 13-year-old girl, authorities said.
The Sunday evening drive-by shooting, about a mile from the Statehouse, was likely gang-related and could be connected to a shooting the night before at a Trenton nightclub, in which a man was shot in the leg, police said Monday.
The girl, Tamrah Leonard, was pronounced dead at a hospital; no other injuries were reported.
"It really started over some stupid argument at a local club ... that wound up with a little girl being killed," Trenton police director Irving Bradley Jr. said. "Our young kids have really been victimized by a lot of stupidity that has been going on in our streets."
Leonard was in a crowd of 80-plus people who had gathered for a campaign block party hosted by city council candidate Divine Allah, the national youth minister for the New Black Panther Party. Investigators are trying to find out who the intended target at the party was, but Irving said he was unaware of any known gang members at the barbecue.
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