Fatal Stabbing In Middlesex County Under Investigation

CARTERET, NJ — Authorities in Middlesex County are investigating a fatal stabbing that happened early Tuesday.

According to the Middlesex County Prosecutor's office, an 18-year-old man was fatally stabbed in Carteret just after 2 a.m.

The man, identified as Nelson Delgado, was found stabbed at the intersection of Pershing and Pulaski avenues, authorities said. Delgado was taken to University Hospital in Newark, where he died from his injuries an hour later.

Police are looking for one or more people who were involved in the stabbing and are asking anyone with information to call Detective O’Connor of the Carteret Police Department at (732) 541-3863, or Detective Chesseri of the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office at (732) 745-3115.

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