Kenneth Amparo, who recently turned 22, was stabbed to death on Manhattan Avenue in Jersey City early Sunday morning, the result of an altercation outside a party that apparently had already broken up.
Two days later, Jersey City police arrested two Jersey City residents and charged them with aggravated assault and unlawful use of a weapon in connection with the stabbing of Amparo’s friend. The charges could be upgraded as the investigation continues, but as of press time, there were no murder charges against the two arrested individuals.
Late Monday night, more than 200 people converged at a park on Boulevard East in West New York for a candlelight vigil to honor the memory of Amparo, who had attended New Jersey City University for a stint and had a brief stay with the men’s basketball team at NJCU.
It marks the second straight week that a vigil was held for a fallen athlete in northern Hudson County. Last week, Union City mourned the loss of former Soaring Eagles football player Josue Romero, who was tragically killed in an automobile accident.
For more on this story, see Jim Hague’s “Scoreboard” column this week.
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