The Hudson County Prosecutor’s
Office has announced a man has been arrested in the stabbings
Tuesday in
Jersey City that left a man dead and a woman injured.
Joshua Gonzalez, age 24, of Hoboken, was arrested Thursday around 11:10
a.m. in the area of Franklin Street in Bloomfield.
The Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office says Jersey City
police officers responded Tuesday around 6:40 a.m. to reports of an attack on
the 100 block of Clinton Avenue. It was there that they found a 22-year-old
woman who was stabbed. She was taken to the hospital and is in stable
condition.
Police were then called around 10 a.m. to the 100 block of
McAdoo Avenue for another report of a stabbing. Police found the body of
21-year-old Jason Khusial, who was pronounced dead at the scene.
The investigation revealed Khusial was initially injured
during the Clinton Avenue attack.
Gonzalez is charged with murder and attempted murder, among other
charges.
Following his arrest, Gonzalez was transported to the Hudson
County Correctional Facility in
Kearny pending his first appearance.