Khaliq Lockett was 46 when he was shot and killed in Jersey City on Christmas evening. On December 25, 2022, police responded about 6:00 p.m. to a shooting near Communipaw Avenue and Crescent Avenue and found Lockett with a gunshot wound to his torso. He was taken to Jersey City Medical Center and pronounced dead shortly before 8:00 p.m.

The Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide Unit and the Jersey City Police Department opened an investigation. On December 30, 2022, detectives arrested 43-year-old Eddie Webb of Jersey City and charged him with murder, unlawful possession of a weapon, and possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose. Webb was held at the Hudson County Correctional Facility awaiting his first court appearance.

If anyone witnessed the shooting near Communipaw and Crescent on December 25 or has information about Khaliq Lockett’s death, please come forward.