32-year-old Jersey City man shot to death
Tyheen Williams, 32, of Jersey City, was pronounced dead at about 12:30 a.m. on May 5 after suffering a gunshot wound.
Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said Jersey City police were dispatched to the area of Grand Street and Clinton Avenue in Jersey City at about 12:20 a.m. on the report of shots being fired.
Upon arrival, police found the victim, Williams, lying in the street with an apparent gunshot wound to the upper part of his body.
No arrests have been made in connection with the homicide. The Prosecutor’s Homicide Unit is actively investigating the case with assistance from the Jersey City Police Department. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office at 201-915-1345 or by leaving an anonymous tip on the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office official website at: http://www.hudsoncountyprosecutorsofficenj.org/homicide-tip/.
All information will be kept confidential.
16-year-old is arrested in connection with the murder of a 17-year-old
A 16-year old was arrested on April 30 in connection with the alleged fatal shooting of a 17-year-old on April 26, said Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez.
Rondell J. Rush, 17, of Jersey City, was shot in the head on April 26 near Fulton Avenue in Jersey City, and died a day later as a result of the wound.
On Saturday, April 30, a 16 year-old male from Jersey City was arrested at a relative’s home and charged in connection with the fatal shooting. Due to his age, the 16 year-old was charged as a juvenile with a delinquent act, which if committed by an adult would constitute murder, Suarez said.
The boy was remanded to the Union County Detention Center, where is he is being held. Prosecutor Suarez stated she would seek to have the case transferred from Family Court and have the juvenile tried as an adult. Due to confidentiality in juvenile cases, no further information or details could be provided.
“Taking someone’s life in a criminal act is murder regardless of age. My office is prepared to use every prosecutorial tool available to charge this juvenile as an adult,” said Prosecutor Suarez. “Working with federal, state, and local law enforcement, we will continue to fight to get guns off our streets and out of the hands of criminals. When we have juveniles committing violent crimes with guns, it really speaks to broader gaps in society, including parenting, education, and of course the issue of how juveniles get access to guns that come from across state borders.”
Fulop confirms Whole Foods will come to Jersey City
Whole Foods supermarkets announced on Wednesday that it will open a store on the site of Metropolis Towers, at Columbus Drive and Marin Boulevard near the Grove Street PATH station in 2020, according to nj.com.
A 45,000-square-foot market is planned. The store would be the 16th New Jersey location.
The Jersey City location will be roughly the size of Whole Foods’ newest stores in New Jersey, and those generally employ about 200 each, according to Whole Foods spokesman Michael Sinatra.
This will be the first Whole Foods in Hudson County. There will be on-site parking.
“We are excited to have seen this through to this point as there have many back and forth conversations to find a location that makes sense to all parties. This will be another great addition to Jersey City,” said Mayor Steven Fulop.
HCCC receives 2016 ACRL Excellence in Academic Libraries Award
Officials from the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) presented Hudson County Community College (HCCC) with the 2016 ACRL Excellence in Academic Libraries Award last week.
Hudson County Community College is one of just three academic libraries in the United States to be selected as a recipient of a 2016 Excellence in Academic Libraries Award, which recognizes the staff of a college, university, and community college library for programs that deliver exemplary services and resources to further the educational mission of that institution. The other two 2016 ACRL recipients are Macalester College DeWitt Wallace Library (St. Paul, Minn.) and Atlanta University Robert W. Woodruff Library (Atlanta, Ga.). Recipients were chosen for demonstrating commitment to student learning, information literacy, and assessment with a focus on continuous innovation and engagement with the campus community that exemplifies today’s best academic and research libraries.
“This award is testimony to the dedication and teamwork of our library staff in attending to the needs of our students and our community,” said Dr. Glen Gabert, president of HCCC. “We have been told that this is the first time any New Jersey college or university has been selected to receive this award, and we are especially proud to be the first.”