The man died in a South Street apartment Thursday night.
NEWARK -- Violence claimed another life in Newark on Christmas Eve, with a fatal stabbing that marked the 102nd homicide in the state's largest city this year.
Police were called to a residential building on the 200 block of South Street around 9:30 p.m and found the wounded man in a third floor apartment, according to a release from the Essex County Prosecutor's Office.
The man was unresponsive, the release said, and less than an hour later he was pronounced dead at the scene. Authorities said the matter remains under investigation.
Jersey City man killed in Newark's 101st homicide of 2015
The man's name was not released, pending formal identification of the victim and notification of his family, according to the county's chief assistant prosecutor, Thomas Fennelly. The New Jersey Regional Medical Examiner's Office will determine an exact cause of death, Fennelly said.
The man's death was the 102nd homicide in Newark this year, according to a count by NJ Advance Media, nine more than were recorded in the city in 2014.
Most recently, a 36-year-old Jersey City man was shot and killed on Tuesday in the area of 93 Roseville Avenue and a 57-year-old Newark man was shot to death near the intersection of Speedway Avenue and Rodwell Avenue on Monday.
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