もっと詳しく

The father of a Bridgeton child struck by a stray bullet as she slept in her bed in 2018 took the witness stand in a Cumberland County courtroom on Wednesday afternoon and tearfully recalled his wounded daughter’s final moments. His child died in his arms as he rushed her to a hospital. The trial of two men charged with murder in the killing of 9-year-old Jennifer Trejo — Michael L. Elliott, 29, and Zahmere K. McKoy, 23 — began Wednesday with opening arguments and testimony from the victim’s father, Ruben Trejo. Jennifer was asleep in bed at her family’s home at the corner of Church and Elmer …