Murder Suspect Arrested In Hoboken Hours After Jersey City Stabbing: Officials

JERSEY CITY, NJ — A suspect was arrested in Hoboken on Sunday in the fatal stabbing of a Jersey City man hours earlier, prosecutors said.

Kyshawn Foster, 26 was arrested in the stabbing of Kareem Mack, 47, said the Hudson County Prosecutor's Office

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The death is being investigated as an act of domestic violence, prosecutors said. A source said Monday that the victim was Foster's uncle.

Police were called to Dwight Street in Jersey City just after 12:30 p.m. on Sunday, prosecutors said.

They found Mack unresponsive, with multiple stab wounds, prosecutors said.

Mack was taken to Jersey City Medical Center. He was pronounced deceased shortly after 1:10, prosecutors said.

Investigators arrested Foster later on a charge of murder, as well as weapons charges, they said.

He was arrested on Jackson Street in Hoboken, prosecutors said. He was taken to the Hudson County Correctional Facility, where he awaits his first court appearance.