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TRENTON — Murder charges have been filed against a Trenton man accused of fatally shooting an off-duty New Jersey corrections officer at a city banquet hall.
Twenty-six-year-old Maurice Skillman is charged in the death of Carl Batie, a 27-year-old Willingboro resident who served in Mercer County.
Batie was one of several people standing on a second-story rear deck at the hall when shots rang out on Nov. 11. And while the shooting appears to be gang-related, prosecutors say Batie was an innocent bystander and not the shooter’s intended victim.
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