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

JERSEY CITY, NJ — A man was charged with murder on Sunday in the fatal stabbing of another man in Jersey City, prosecutors said.

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

The death is being investigated as an act of domestic violence, prosecutors said. A source said Monday that Mack 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 hours 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.