JERSEY CITY —Hudson County Prosecutor Edward DeFazio said on Wednesday that Barshay Jacobs, 21, (seen in photo) a suspect in the Jan. 8 shooting death of Jersey City resident Ronald Jordan, surrendered earlier in the day. DeFazio said Jacobs surrendered in the courtroom of Superior Court Judge Kevin Callahan, which DeFazio said is not unusual.
DeFazio said investigators believe Jacobs was one of the shooters of Jordan, 21, who was sitting in a Wegman Parkway home around 3:15 a.m. on the morning of Jan. 8. That’s when two men entered the house and allegedly opened gunfire on Jordan, who died minutes later as a result of a gunshot to the head.
The other suspect in Jordan’s murder, Dante Bland, was apprehended on Jan. 14 and was charged with murder, possession of a firearm, and possession of a firearm for an unlawful purpose.
DeFazio said Jacobs, whose last-known address was Ocean Avenue, faces the same charges as Bland. Jacobs was also issued the same $1 million cash bail as Bland.
Jordan’s death was the first homicide in Jersey City this year. The second one took place later that day when Jordan’s friend, Ezekiel Sims, 31, was shot dead around 11 p.m. in a stairwell in the Marion Gardens housing complex.
DeFazio said while the shootings are related, the ongoing investigation into Sims’ and Jordan’s murders has not established the “precise relationship between the two shootings.” But DeFazio did say there was a “retaliatory aspect” to not just the Sims and Jordan murders, but other shootings that go back to last year.
Anyone with information on the Jordan and Sims shootings can contact the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office at (201) 915-1345. – Ricardo Kaulessar