TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - A man who fatally shot a woman as she watched a street fight has been charged with murder, authorities said, a shooting that was caught on video during a violent day in New Jersey’s capital city.
Quasim Hallett, 39, of Trenton, was arrested Tuesday morning without incident in Delaware by federal marshals, according to the Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office. He will remain in custody there pending an extradition hearing.
Hallett is charged in the April 5 slaying of Quamierah Massey, 24, who was among many onlookers standing on a sidewalk while two young women fought on a street in Trenton.
Authorities said a video shows a man whose face was partially covered with a black mask approaching Massey and then shooting her in the head in what appears to have been an unprovoked attack. Massey was taken to a hospital and died there the next day.
Besides the murder count, Hallett is also charged with aggravated assault, making terroristic threats for threatening to kill another person, and weapons offenses, prosecutors said. It wasn’t known Thursday if he’s retained an attorney.
A possible motive for the shooting has not been disclosed.
The shooting of Massey was one of several that occurred in Trenton that day, leaving three people dead and four others wounded overall. The violence spurred the city’s mayor to order a curfew for most citizens and businesses.
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