Weehawken Man Charged with Attempted Murder Outside Fort Lee Nightclub

A Weehawken man was charged with attempted murder after allegedly hitting a man in the head and neck with a bottle outside a Fort Lee nightclub early Saturday morning, police said.

responded to an aggravated assault call at Studio 4 Nightclub on Route 4 East at 2:30 a.m. Saturday to find Jose Sanchez-Hernandez, 24, of Hackensack, “bleeding profusely” from the neck, police said Saturday. Club security was restraining Cristian Murillo-Munoz, 24, of Weehawken, according to police.

Police say Murillo-Munoz allegedly struck Sanchez-Hernandez in the “head and neck area” with a bottle as Sanchez-Hernandez was attempting to enter the club.

Police arrested Murillo-Munoz and charged him with attempted homicide and possession of a weapon for unlawful purpose.

Sanchez-Hernandez, who suffered a “severe laceration,” about eight inches long, two inches wide and an inch deep along the jugular vein and carotid artery, was rushed to Columbia Presbyterian Hospital in New York City where he was awaiting surgery, according to police.

“We believe [Sanchez-Hernandez] is going to make it; we don’t know right now. He had to be operated on at [the hospital]," Fort Lee Police Chief Thomas Ripoli told Patch. 

Citing an ongoing investigation, Ripoli declined to say whether the incident was linked to a string of recent late-night weekend fights outside nightclubs in Fort Lee, including Studio 4, but he did say, “We’ve been putting extra people on during the weekends.”

Murillo-Munoz is currently being held at the Bergen County Jail in lieu of $250,000 bail with no 10 percent option, police said.