Father Killed Son In Custody In Jersey City Saturday Night Shooting

Sunday, May 11, 2025, 12:45 P.M. ET. 2 Minute Read, By Art Fletcher: Englebrook Independent News,

JERSEY CITY, NJ.- Detectives of the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide Unit and the Jersey City Police Department are continuing to look for answers to what led a 25-year-old Jersey City, New Jersey, man to fatally shoot his 52-year-old father inside his apartment in the Greenville section of Jersey City. 

     According to Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez, on Saturday, May 10, 2025, shortly around 8:15 p.m., members of the Jersey City Police Department responded to a 911 Emergency Call reporting a shooting at an apartment building located at 117-121 Wade Street in the Greenville neighborhood of Jersey City.

Police Find Man Dead Inside Apartment

     Upon arrival, Police Officers found a man, identified as Gerard Booker, Sr., 52, of Jersey City, unresponsive inside an apartment unit,  having succumbed from multiple gunshot wounds. Mr. Booker was pronounced deceased at the scene shortly after 8:30 p.m.

Son Charged In Shooting Death Of His Father

     During the initial investigation, Detectives identified Mr. Booker’s son, Gerard Booker, Jr., 25, of Jersey City, New Jersey, as a person of interest. Accordingly, he was apprehended in Manhattan, New York, around 2:40 a.m., Sunday morning. Detectives have formally charged Booker, Jr., with one count of first-degree Murder; second-degree Unlawful Possession of a Weapon; and second-degree Possession of a Weapon for an Unlawful Purpose.

     Booker, Jr. is currently in the custody of the New York City Department of Corrections pending extradition to New Jersey.

“The rules of the court require us to include a statement that states: The charges outlined in this publication are merely accusations, and the defendant and or defendants are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond reasonable doubt.”