FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CONTACT: Raymond Worrall

PHONE: 201-320-3550

EMAIL: rworrall@hcpo.org

DATE: Friday, July 8, 2022

MAN ARRESTED IN BLOOMFIELD IN CONNECTION WITH JERSEY CITY STABBING

Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez has released the following information:

On Thursday, July 7, 2022, Joshua Gonzalez, age 24, of Hoboken, was arrested at approximately 11:10 a.m. by members of the United States Marshals Service New York/New Jersey Regional Fugitive Task Force in the area of Franklin Street in Bloomfield. Gonzalez was wanted in connection with the double stabbing on July 5, 2022 in Jersey City that left one man dead and one woman injured.

The Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide Unit has charged Gonzalez with Murder in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:11-3a(1)(2), a first-degree crime; Attempted Murder in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:5-1 and 2C:11-3a(1)(2), a first-degree crime; Felony Murder in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:11-3a(2), a first-degree crime; Burglary in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:18-2, a second-degree crime; Unlawful Possession of a Weapon (knife) in violation 2C:39-5d, a fourth-degree crime; Possession of a Weapon (knife) for an Unlawful Purpose in violation of 2C:39-4d, a third-degree crime; Resisting Arrest by Flight in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:29-2a(3), a fourth-degree crime; and Violation of a Restraining Order in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:29-9a, a fourth-degree crime.

Following his arrest, Gonzalez was transported to the Hudson County Correctional Facility in Kearny pending his First Appearance.

On Tuesday, July 5, 2022, at approximately 6:42 a.m., members of the Jersey City Police Department responded to Clinton Avenue on reports of an aggravated assault. Responding officers found a 22-year-old woman with a serious apparent stab wound. The woman was transported by Emergency Medical Services to Jersey City Medical Center where she remains in stable condition.

At approximately 10:00 a.m., the Jersey City Police Department was notified that an injured person was located at 186 McAdoo Avenue. Responding officers found the lifeless body of a man — later identified as Jason Khusial, 21, of Jersey City — with multiple apparent stab wounds. He was pronounced dead at the scene at 10:14 a.m. The Regional Medical Examiner’s Office determined the Cause of death to be multiple sharp force wounds to the torso and the Manner of death to be homicide.

The investigation determined Khusial had been injured during the Clinton Avenue incident.

Prosecutor Suarez credited the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide Unit and the Jersey City Police Department with the investigation and the United States Marshals Service New York/New Jersey Regional Fugitive Task Force with the arrest.

The above charges are merely accusations and the defendant is presumed innocent until proven guilty. R.P.C.3.6(b)(6)