A man stabbed to death this morning near the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail station in Liberty State Park was a commuter heading to work at a brokerage firm on the Jersey City waterfront, officials have told The Jersey Journal.The man, whose identity hasn't been released yet, was stabbed multiple times just off the platform at 8:30 a.m.; witnesses chased the alleged killer and captured him, Jersey City spokesman Stan H. Eason said.
The victim was rushed to the Jersey City Medical Center where he was pronounced dead at 9:20 a.m., Eason said.The suspect is being charged with murder but police are still working on confirm his identity, Hudson County Prosecutor Edward DeFazio said, adding numerous people witnessed the bloody crime.
After the stabbing, the suspect ran east toward Liberty Science Center but was chased by onlookers who held him for responding Jersey City and NJ Transit police officers, DeFazio said.
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I would like to have an event in honor of the service of EMS/EMT workers in Hudson and Essex County. Can someone guide me as to whom I need to contact to organize this?
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