16-Year Old Charged With Murder In Friday's Stabbing Of Jersey City Teenager

Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez announced this morning that a juvenile has been arrested by the Homicide Unit and charged with last Friday’s fatal stabbing of an 18-year old male from Jersey City.   The 16-year old male, also of Jersey City, was arrested on Wednesday, December 20.

The assailant is charged as a juvenile with stabbing Naseer Munroe to death on December 15 at approximately 8:55 pm at Duncan Avenue and Wilmont Street in Jersey City.  Munroe died at approximately 10 pm at a local hospital from a stab wound to the torso.

The juvenile is charged with murder, possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, and unlawful possession of a weapon.  He was arrested at the Prosecutor’s Office in Secaucus.

THe charges are merely accusations and the juvenile is presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.