Newark – Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II, and Newark Public Safety Director Anthony F. Ambrose announced today that the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide/Major Crimes Task Force, which includes detectives from the Newark Police Department, is investigating a fatal stabbing.
Police say at approximately 3:47 p.m. Wednesday, Mr. Jonathan Paschall, 26, of Newark was stabbed in the 700 block of Martin Luther King Blvd.
EMS rushed Paschall to University Hospital where doctors pronounced him dead at 5:13 p.m.
The investigation is active and ongoing.
No arrests have been made.