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Relatives rushed to intervene when Christopher Jackson, 47, attacked the woman at a home at the corner of Lexington and Crosby avenues just after 5:30 p.m. Friday, they said Saturday.
Virgil Thomas, 54, grabbed a knife and stabbed Jackson in the back, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes said in a joint announcement with Paterson Police Chief Troy Oswald.
Jackson, also of Paterson, was pronounced dead at St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center a little over an hour and a half later, they said.
Thomas remained held Saturday in the Passaic County Jail, charged with first-degree murder and weapons offenses. An assistant prosecutor will request that a judge order that he remain held pending trial, Valdes said.
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