JERSEY CITY AND BEYOND– The Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office announced on Tuesday that a Jersey City man died Monday night after he was shot several times, and a second man was hit with a gunshot wound to the back.
Hudson County First Assistant Prosecutor Guy Gregory said Darren Edwards, 22, of the Holland Gardens public housing complex on 16th Street, was pronounced dead at the Jersey City Medical Center at 10:15 p.m., minutes after he and a second man were shot at Duncan and Olean avenues on the city’s west side.
Gregory did not release the name of the second victim, a 21-year-old Jersey City man, who suffered a non-life threatening wound.
Gregory said the gunman approached the two men while they were sitting on milk crates. He also said there were witnesses to the shooting, who are being interviewed by investigators, and footage from security cameras that may have captured the incident.
Edwards’ murder is the 12th homicide in Jersey City so far this year.
Anyone with information is asked to call the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office’s Homicide Squad at (201) 915-1345. – RK