FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Caitlin Mota
PHONE: (201) 577-6699
EMAIL: cmota@hcpo.org
DATE: Thursday, March 3, 2022

JURY CONVICTS MAN ON ALL COUNTS IN 2019 MASS SHOOTING THAT KILLED 40-YEAR-OLD NORTH BERGEN MAN

Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez has released the following information:

On Wednesday, March 2, 2022, Jonathan Haughey-Morales, 30, of West New York, was convicted on all charges relating to a shooting in North Bergen on May 5, 2019, that killed Carlos Garcia and seriously injured three others.

A jury convicted Haughey-Morales of Murder in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:11-3, a crime of the first degree, three counts of Aggravated Assault in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:12-1, crimes of the second degree, Unlawful Possession of a Weapon in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:39-5, a crime of the third degree, and Possession of a Weapon for an Unlawful Purpose in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:39-4, a crime of the second degree. The verdict was delivered before the Honorable Patrick J. Arre, J.S.C. following a two week trial.

On Sunday, May 5, 2019, at approximately 3:30 a.m., the North Bergen Police Department responded to a report of shots fired at 2033 46th Street in North Bergen. Responding officers found four individuals, including an unresponsive male with an apparent gunshot wound to his torso, shot in the home. The male, later identified as Carlos Garcia, 40, and the additional victims — two males and one female — were all transported by Emergency Medical Services to Jersey City Medical Center. Garcia was pronounced dead at approximately 4:25 a.m. Haughey-Morales was
identified as the suspect wanted in connection with the shooting and apprehended in South Whitehall Township, Pennsylvania, the following day.

Haughey-Morales is scheduled to be sentenced on Friday, May 6, 2022. The State was represented at trial by Hudson County Assistant Prosecutor Najma Rana.