Mystery Surrounds Second 18-Year-Old Killed In Four-Day Period In Jersey City

JERSEY CITY, NJ —For the second time in three days, an 18-year-old man was killed in Jersey City — but in the more recent case, prosecutors have few clues as to what happened.

A teen arrived at Jersey City Medical Center on Monday afternoon with an apparent gunshot wound, said the Hudson County Prosecutor's Office on Wednesday.

Prosecutors say the man was brought to the hospital at 2:20 p.m. in a private vehicle. He was pronounced dead shortly before 4 p.m.

Prosecutors said, "The circumstances regarding this matter are actively being investigated by the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide Unit and the Jersey City Police Department."

Prosecutors did not release further details.

NJ.com reported that according to radio transmissions, the teen was shot in the head. They also reported that prosecutors do not know where the teen was shot and are trying to find out.

On Friday night, as reported on Patch, police were called to Duncan Avenue and Wilmont Street, where they found Naseer Munroe, 18, of Jersey City with an apparent stab wound in his torso. He died a little over an hour later at Jersey City Medical Center, around 10 p.m.

Of homicides in Jersey City, a large percentage each year have been men in their teens and twenties. Of the 24 homicides in Jersey City in 2021, half were men ages 16-27. Two of the others in the city in that year were domestic violence killings of women.

The city had announced last week that violent crime is down citywide so far in 2023. In 2022, there were 13 homicides in Jersey City. As of last week, the city said, there were 10.

Patch will update this story when more information is available.