Trenton Homicide Suspect Captured In Falls Twp.

A Trenton man wanted for a 2025 homicide was apprehended Tuesday morning in Falls Township after an automated license plate reader alerted authorities to his vehicle.

Terrance Travers, 47, was arrested without incident at a gas station on Lincoln Highway in Falls Township.

According to the Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office, Travers is facing charges of first-degree murder, first-degree attempted murder, receiving stolen property, and multiple weapons offenses.

District Judge Timothy Barton ordered Travers held at the Bucks County Correctional Facility pending extradition to New Jersey.

According to an affidavit of probable cause filed by Trenton police, the charges stem from a nighttime shooting on Aug. 29, 2025, in Trenton.

During the police response to shots fired on Spruce Street, a city police vehicle was struck by a Jeep driven by a man who had been shot.

The driver of the vehicle that struck a police car was later identified as 41-year-old Andrew Coates, who was pronounced dead from a gunshot wound to the abdomen.

A second victim arrived at Capital Health Regional Medical Center shortly after the shooting with a non-life-threatening gunshot wound to the leg, authorities said.

The gunfire also struck two unoccupied vehicles and a residence on Indiana Avenue, and no one inside the home was injured.

Two Trenton officers were treated at a hospital for non-life-threatening injuries, authorities said.

The Tuesday arrest happened after a Falls Township officer received an automatic license plate reader notification that a Jeep Grand Cherokee linked to the active warrant was spotted.

An officer noticed the vehicle on Lincoln Highway and followed it to a gas station, where they took Travers into custody after he exited the convenience store, police said.

Mercer County Prosecutor Janetta D. Marbrey and Trenton Police Director Steve Wilson thanked the Falls Township and Middletown Township police departments, as well as the Bucks County District Attorney’s Office, for their assistance in the case.

Editor’s Note: All individuals arrested or charged with a crime are presumed innocent until proven guilty. The story was compiled using information from police and public court documents.