TRENTON — Mercer County Prosecutor Janetta D. Marbrey has charged a city man with the murder of another city resident. Marbrey’s office reported that 33-year-old Bruno J. Laboy Santiago, Jr. is facing charges of first-degree murder and a second-degree weapons offense for the death of Wilmer Eliu Vidal Romero, 25, of Trenton. Prosecutors said “Laboy Santiago purposely or knowingly shot Vidal Romero and that led to his death.” Around 11:23 p.m. on March 13, Trenton Police responded to the area of Dayton and Grand streets for a Shot Spotter activation. Officers found Vidal Romero with a gunshot wound, sitting in the driver’s seat of a Toyota 4Runner. Vidal Romero was taken to Capital Health Regional Medical Center where he was pronounced dead. Investigators from the Mercer County Homicide Task Force and the Trenton Police Department found that the victim and Laboy Santiago were allegedly involved in a collision near the intersection of Liberty and S. Broad Streets shortly before the shooting. Laboy Santiago was taken into custody on March 19 in St. Tammany Parish in Covington Louisiana, where he is currently jailed awaiting extradition to Mercer County. A first-degree murder conviction has a sentence of 30 years to life in state prison and a fine of up to $200,000. Second-degree crimes carry a sentence of five to ten years in state prison and a fine of up to $150,000. The investigation is ongoing. Anyone with information is asked to contact the prosecutor’s Homicide Task Force Sergeant Roberto O. Reyes at 609-256-0997 or Detective Andrew Distefano at 609-209-3244. ...read more read less