A HOSTAGE situation in the New Jersey capital of Trenton entered its second day on Saturday as police worked
to draw out an unidentified armed man who has taken “multiple” hostages amid reports of fatalities.
Negotiations continued in the standoff Saturday said Trenton Police spokesman Lt. Steve Varn. He declined to comment on reports that a woman and child had been killed in the home where the gunman is holed up.
Police were alerted to the situation on Grand Street in Trenton at 2:47 pm on Friday, Varn said. The man had barricaded himself inside the house with “multiple” hostages, he said, but would not confirm whether they were related to the gunman.
Officers entered the home on Friday before retreating when the man brandished a gun, authorities have said. Homes in the surrounding area were evacuated as a precautionary measure.
Trenton police have received backup from the state police and FBI as well as the city’s arson and bomb and canine units, Varn said.
- NBC News