HUDSON COUNTY PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE HOMICIDE UNIT INVESTIGATING UNION CITY DEATH

Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez has released the following information:

On Friday, July 3, 2020, at approximately 6:15 a.m., members of the Union City Police Department responded to a report of an unresponsive male in a first floor apartment of a residence on Palisade Avenue and 21st Street in Union City.

Upon their arrival, officers located an unresponsive 50¬¬-year-old male and a second male performing CPR on the deceased, who was officially pronounced deceased at 6:27 am at the scene.

The Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide Unit and the Union City Police Department are actively investigating this death which is pending determination of cause and manner of death by the Regional Medical Examiner.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the Office of the Hudson County Prosecutor at 201-915-1345 or to leave an anonymous tip at: http://www.hudsoncountyprosecutorsofficenj.org/homicide-tip/. All information will be kept confidential.