Angel Regalado Guzman was an 18-year-old killed in Jersey City in the winter of 2023. On the afternoon of Monday, December 18, a private vehicle brought him to Jersey City Medical Center with a gunshot wound to his upper body; he arrived at about 2:20 p.m. and was pronounced dead shortly before 4:00 p.m. The Regional Medical Examiner’s Office ruled the death a homicide, with the cause listed as a gunshot wound to the head.

Investigators traced the shooting to a residence on Ocean Avenue in Jersey City. The Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office and the Jersey City Police Department opened an investigation. Within ten days, on December 27, 2023, a 17-year-old Jersey City male was arrested and charged with aggravated manslaughter and two weapons offenses. The youth’s name and further details are confidential under juvenile justice laws; the charges are allegations and the accused is presumed innocent.

If anyone has information about the shooting on Ocean Avenue or knew Angel, please share what you know with investigators.