A 36-year-old Trenton, New Jersey, man was charged with fatally shooting his girlfriend and leaving her body inside a car in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, officials said Monday.

Lamont Truitt was charged with first-degree murder, first-degree attempted murder, first-degree carjacking and other offenses in the killing of his girlfriend, 32-year-old Alyssia Murphy.

Mercer County officials said the shooting happened Sunday just before 6 a.m. in Trenton in the area of Coolidge Avenue.

Officials said that Murphy and her friend, a 25-year-old woman, were inside a silver Toyota Camry when Truitt approached the car. Truitt then started arguing with Murphy, pulled out a gun and fired multiple shots, according to officials.

Truitt carjacked the Toyota Camry and drove away, officials said. The 25-y

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