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Authorities confirmed on Wednesday, March 27, that Joseph Del Valle, 36, was arrested by members of the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide Unit the day before.
He remained held in the Hudson County Correctional Facility along with a second accused gunman, Francisco Salcedo, 42, of Jersey City, they said.
City resident Christoph Terrero Marte, 33, was gunned down on Jordan Avenue off Mercer Street near McGinley Square shortly before 6:30 a.m. March 9, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said.
It was Jersey City’s first homicide of 2024.
Marte and two other wounded men were taken by private vehicles to the nearby Jersey City Medical Center, she said.
Detectives placed no fewer than 18 yellow evidence markers where cartridge casings, blood spatter and bullet holes were found.
Marte was pronounced dead at 7:35 a.m., Suarez said.
The other victims – one, 28, from Union City and the other, 31, from Jersey City – were treated for injuries that weren’t life-threatening, the prosecutor said.
In addition to murder and aggravated assault, Del Valle was also charged with multiple weapons offenses, as was Salcedo, she said.
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ORIGINALY STORY: Jersey City’s first homicide of the year also left two other men wounded just after daybreak Saturday, authorities confirmed. No arrests had been made as the evening began.
City resident Christoph Terrero Marte, 33, was gunned down on Jordan Avenue off Mercer Street near McGinley Square shortly before 6:30 a.m. March 9, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez confirmed.
Marte and two other wounded men were taken by private vehicles to the nearby Jersey City Medical Center, she said.
Detectives placed no fewer than 18 yellow evidence markers where cartridge casings, blood spatter and bullet holes were found.
Marte was pronounced dead at 7:35 a.m., Suarez said.
The other victims – one, 28, from Union City and the other, 31, from Jersey City – were treated for injuries that weren’t considered life-threatening, the prosecutor said.
“No arrests have been made at this time,” Suarez said late Saturday afternoon.
She asked that anyone with information that could help identify those responsible call her office at (201) 915-1345 or leave an anonymous tip at: HCPO Homicide Tips
“All information will be kept confidential,” the prosecutor said.
NOTE: Video from the incident shows a silver sedan stopped in the street with its doors open and what appeared to be blood on the ground and inside the vehicle at 3rd Street and Newark Avenue. The crime scene in the photos with this story is at Jordan Avenue off Mercer Street, more than a mile away. Authorities haven't yet clarified the situation.
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