BLOOMFIELD, NJ – A Jersey City man, Joshua Gonzalez, 24, was arrested by the United States Marshals Service New York/New Jersey Regional Fugitive Task Force in the area of Franklin Street in Bloomfield on Thursday.
According to police, Gonzalez was wanted in connection with the double stabbing on July 5, in Jersey City that left one man dead and one woman injured. Police said Gonzalez violated a restraining order during the attack.
Following his arrest, Gonzalez was transported to the Hudson County Correctional Facility in Kearny pending his First Appearance.
Police reports show that on Tuesday, July 5, at approximately 6:42 a.m., members of the Jersey City Police Department responded to Clinton Avenue on reports of an aggravated assault.
“Responding officers found a 22-year-old woman with a serious apparent stab wound. The woman was transported by Emergency Medical Services to Jersey City Medical Center where she remains in stable condition.” Prosector Esther Suarez said in a statemnt. “At approximately 10:00 a.m., the Jersey City Police Department was notified that an injured person was located at 186 McAdoo Avenue.”
Responding officers found the lifeless body of a man — later identified as Jason Khusial, 21, of Jersey City — with multiple apparent stab wounds. He was pronounced dead at the scene at 10:14 a.m. The Regional Medical Examiner’s Office determined the Cause of death to be multiple sharp force wounds to the torso and the Manner of death to be homicide.
