Hudson Reporter
Fatal shooting under investigation in Jersey City ×
The Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide Unit is investigating the fatal shooting of an East Orange man in Jersey City.
According to the HCPO, on May 14, at approximately 1:50 a.m., the Jersey City Police Department received a report of shots fired in the area of the City Crossings Apartments parking lot at Merseles Court and Bright Street in Jersey City.
Officers found an apparently lifeless man with a gunshot wound to the torso.
The victim, later identified as Stebbin Drew, 37, of East Orange, was transported by Emergency Medical Services to Jersey City Medical Center where he was pronounced dead at approximately 2:15 a.m.
Hudson County View
By John Heinis/Hudson County View
“The Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide Unit and the JCPD are investigating a fatal shooting in the area of Merseles Street in Jersey City that occurred earlier this morning. One man has died. More information to follow,” the HCPO tweeted this morning.
At 11:35 a.m., Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez released more details regarding the fatality.
At approximately 1:50 a.m. this morning, the Jersey City Police Department received a
report of shots fired in the area of the City Crossings Apartments parking lot located at Merseles Court and Bright Street.
Hudson Reporter
Son of Jersey City murder victim arrested on Mother’s Day ×
On Mother’s Day, the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide Unit and Jersey City Police Department arrested Terrance Nelson, 29, of Jersey City, wanted for the death of his mother, 60.
Homicide Unit detectives and Jersey City police officers arrested Nelson without incident at his mother’s home at 18 Virginia Ave. just after 8 a.m. Sunday, May 9.
Nelson was charged with Murder, a first-degree crime.
On Thursday, May 6, just before 1 a.m., members of the Jersey City Police and Fire Departments responded to a call of a disturbance at 18 Virginia Ave. where a one-alarm fire was underway.
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Police investigate suspicious Jersey City death ×
The Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide Unit and the Jersey City Police Department are investigating the suspicious death of a man, 47, found dead in his Griffith Street apartment between Summit and Central Avenues in Jersey City.
On May 8, just before 6 a.m., members of the Jersey City Police Department responded to a call of an unresponsive male in his apartment, according to the HCPO.
Officers pronounced the victim dead at 6:01 a.m.
The cause and manner of death are pending the findings of the Regional Medical Examiner’s Office.
The Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide Unit and the Jersey City Police Department are investigating this case.
Hudson County View
Terrance Nelson. File photo via the Passaic County Prosecutor’s Office.
By John Heinis/Hudson County View
Terrance Nelson, 29, was arrested without incident at his mother’s home at 18 Virginia Ave. by homicide unit detectives and Jersey City police just after 8 a.m. today, Suarez said in a statement.
On Thursday, just before 1 a.m., members of the Jersey City Police and Fire Departments responded on a call of a disturbance at 18 Virginia Ave. Responding units found a female victim in the building’s first floor in critical condition.
The victim, later identified as Jacqueline Nelson, 60, was transported to the Jersey City