Jamaal George, 27, was shot in the early morning hours of Sunday, September 28, 2025, on Union Street near Martin Luther King Jr. Drive in Jersey City. Police found him with a gunshot wound to his upper body shortly after 5 a.m.; he was taken to Jersey City Medical Center and pronounced dead shortly after 5:30 a.m. The Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide Unit and Jersey City Police opened an investigation and initially asked the public for information.

On Friday, October 3, 2025, authorities arrested 26-year-old Jersey City resident Shakeem Clarke in connection with George’s death. Clarke was transported to the Hudson County Correctional Facility and charged with Murder, Unlawful Possession of a Weapon, Possession of a Weapon for an Unlawful Purpose, Endangering an Injured Victim, and being a certain person not to possess a weapon. The investigation into the circumstances of the shooting is ongoing.

If anyone has information about George, his movements that morning, or the area around Union Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, please come forward.