A 25-year-old Jersey City man has been arrested for fatally shooting his 52-year-old father last night, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez announced.
At approximately 8:15 p.m. Saturday, the Jersey City Police Department was notified of a shooting at 117- 121 Wade St., Suarez said in a statement.
Responding Officers located an unresponsive male – later identified as Gerard Brooker Sr., 52, of Jersey City – with apparent gunshot wounds inside a unit within the building. He was pronounced dead at the scene just after 8:30 p.m.
During the initial investigation, the victim’s son, Gerard Brooker Jr., 25, of Jersey City, was identified as a person of interest. He was arrested in Manhattan at approximately 2:40 a.m. this morning…