Mother, daughter shot and killed at a home in Trenton, New Jersey, Mercer County Prosecutors say
An investigation is underway after a mother and daughter were shot and killed in Trenton, New Jersey, on Saturday morning, the Mercer County Prosecutor's Office said.
Trenton Police received a 911 call of two victims dead at a home on the 300 block of West State Street around 10:30 a.m., Mercer County Prosecutor Janetta D. Marbrey said in the release.
Officers found 13-year-old Jairah Biggs in a bedroom on the third floor and 40-year-old Malika Whiting in the stairway leading to the third floor. Both were found with a gunshot wound and were pronounced dead at the scene.
Prosecutors said a person of interest was detained on unrelated charges.
No arrests have been made, and the investigation is ongoing with the Mercer County Homicide Task Force and the Trenton Police Department.
