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Triple Murder: Three Dead Including Two Children In Jersey City, Mayor Says

Three people, including two children, were killed in a domestic violence incident in Jersey City on Wednesday, Jan. 29, authorities said.

At the scene of a triple homicide investigation in Jersey City.

At the scene of a triple homicide investigation in Jersey City.

Photo Credit: HudPost

A woman and two children, 9 and 5, were killed by a man who then tried to stab himself at a residence on Hutton Street, Mayor Steve Fulop and the Hudson County Prosecutor's Office said. The man is in custody, Fulop said.

Chaplains and social workers have been deployed to the neighborhood to work with family and neighbors, Fulop said.

"This is just such horrible and sad news," Fulop said.

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