JERSEY CITY — Pete Ruiz, age 38, of Avenue A, Bayonne, has been charged with the July 5 murder of Orlando Flores, age 34, of Jersey City.
While responding to another matter in the area, Jersey City Police found Flores on Fleet Street apparently suffering from gunshot wounds. Flores later was pronounced dead at Jersey City Medical Center.
Investigators believe the shooting was the culmination of a long-standing personal dispute and not a random act of violence.
On July 6, at about11:45 p.m., Ruiz was located by the Prosecutor’s Homicide Unit at a home in Passaic and was arrested without incident. Ruiz was charged with murder.
The Prosecutor’s Office credited both the Jersey City Police Department under the leadership of Chief Philip D. Zacche, and the Passaic County Sheriff’s Office S.W.A.T. Unit under the leadership of Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik for their invaluable assistance in the investigation and arrest.
The investigation is still ongoing and anyone with information is asked to contact the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide Unit at (201) 915-1345 or by email at hcpotips@hcpo.org. All contacts will be kept confidential.