Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn A. Murray has announced that authorities are investigating a homicide that occurred on Thursday evening in Newark.
According to authorities, at approximately 9:30 p.m., Newark police officers responded to a third floor apartment on the 200 block of South Street on reports of an injured person.
Arriving officers located an unresponsive male in the apartment. This male, who was suffering from an apparent stab wound, was pronounced dead at the scene at 10:21 p.m. authorities said.
This incident is being investigated by the Essex County Prosecutor's Major Crimes Task Force, which includes detectives from the Newark Police Department.
The identity of the victim is pending formal identification and notification of next of kin, according to Chief Assistant Prosecutor Thomas S. Fennelly of the Prosecutor's Homicide Unit.
The exact cause of death will be determined by an autopsy by New Jersey Regional Medical Examiner's Office, according to Fennelly.
The investigation is active and ongoing at this time, according to Fennelly. Anyone with information is asked to contact Task Force detectives at (877) 847-7432 or (973) 621-4586.