Mercer Man Sentenced To 7 Years for Possession Of Ghost Gun In Triple Shooting: Feds

MERCER COUNTY, NJ – A Mercer County man was sentenced to seven years in prison for being a felon in possession of ammunition in connection with a shooting, U.S. Attorney Alina Habba said.

Rashon Lawery, 27, of Trenton, previously pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Georgette Castner in Trenton federal court to an Indictment charging him with unlawful possession of 26 rounds of 9-millimeter ammunition by a convicted felon.

According to court documents, on May 23, 2022, Trenton police responded to a report of a shooting. Three people were shot, sustaining non-life-threatening injuries, and law enforcement recovered six 9-millimeter shell casings at the scene.

During a foot pursuit through a Trenton park, which eventually lead to his arrest, Lawery discarded a 9-millimeter unserialized semiautomatic pistol (a ghost gun) with a high-capacity 32-round magazine, which was loaded with 20 rounds of 9-millimeter ammunition. The six recovered shell casings from the shooting scene were later confirmed by a ballistics laboratory to have been discharged from Lawery’s gun, according to court documents.

In addition to the prison term, Judge Castner sentenced Lawery to three years of supervised release.

The government is represented by Assistant U.S. Attorney Tracey Agnew of the U.S. Attorney’s Office’s Criminal Division in Trenton.

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