Crime & Safety
2 People In Custody For Saturday Jersey City Shooting: Prosecutor
Officials have two people in custody in connection to the deadly shooting on Grant Avenue Saturday night.
JERSEY CITY, NJ — Hudson County official have two people in custody in connection to the Saturday night shooting that killed Raquan Bass, 26, of Jersey City.
Yasir Harrison, 32, of Jersey City and Jala Long, 21, of Jersey City, were arrested on Tuesday afternoon, without incident, according to the Hudson County Prosecutor's Office. Long was arrested this afternoon at the South District Police Station on Bergen Avenue and charged with charged accomplice murder. Harrison was arrested at Bayview and Bergen Avenue and was charged with murder – both without incident.
On Saturday morning, Raquan Bass, 26, was shot and killed on Grant Avenue, in the same area as the vigil where the woman was killed Tuesday morning.
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A vigil was held for him early Tuesday morning, where a woman was shot and killed. The woman was identified as Felicia Stewart, 30, of Jersey City.
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