WEST NEW YORK MAN CHARGED IN THE 2019 NORTH BERGEN MASS SHOOTING CONVICTED ON ALL COUNTS
" Yesterday, A Hudson County Jury Returned Guilty Verdicts In The May 2019 Mass Shooting That Killed Carlos Garcia & Left 3 Seriously Injured."
March 3, 2022 8:21 A.M. ET By Art Fletcher Reporting For: Englebrook Independent News,
JERSEY CITY, NJ.- On Wednesday, March 2, 2022, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez announced that yesterday, Jonathan Haughey-Morales, 30, of West New York, New Jersey was Convicted on all Charges in connection to a Shooting in North Bergen, New Jersey that occurred on May 5, 2019, that tragically Killed Carlos Garcia and left three others seriously injured.
The Jury Convicted Mr. Haughey-Morales of First Degree Murder; Three Counts of Second Degree Aggravated Assault; Third Degree Unlawful Possession of a Weapon; and Second Degree Possession of a Weapon for an Unlawful Purpose. The Verdict was delivered before The Honorable Patrick J. Arre, J.S.C. following a two week Trial.
On Sunday, May 5, 2019, at approximately 3:30 a.m., Members of The North Bergen Police Department responded to a residence located at 2033 46th Street in North Bergen, on a report of Shots Fired.
Upon arrival, Police Officers found four individuals, including an unresponsive man with an apparent Gunshot Wound to his Chest, shot in the home. The man, later identified as Carlos Garcia, 40, and the additional victims, Two men and One woman were all transported by Emergency Medical Services to Jersey City Medical Center. Mr. Garcia succumbed to his injury and was subsequently pronounced deceased at approximately 4:25 a.m.
Mr. Haughey-Morales was identified as the suspect wanted in connection with the Shooting and apprehended in South Whitehall Township, Pennsylvania, the following day.
Mr. Haughey-Morales is scheduled to be Sentenced on Friday, May 6, 2022, in Hudson County State Superior Court where he faces Life in New Jersey State Prison.
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