Man, 43, arrested for fatal Christmas shooting in Jersey City

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JERSEY CITY, N.J. (1010 WINS) — A 43-year-old man was arrested on Friday for fatally shooting a 46-year-old man on Christmas Day in Jersey City, according to the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office.

Eddie Webb allegedly shot Khaliq Lockett on Communipaw Avenue near Crescent Avenue just after 6 p.m. on Dec. 25.

Police charged him with murder and weapons offenses.

He was being held at the Hudson County Correctional Facility pending his first court appearance as of Saturday afternoon.

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