Carteret Teen, 15, Charged With Murder Of Older Teen

Woodbridge NJ

04 November, 2021

12:05 PM

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CARTERET, NJ — A 15-year-old Carteret teenage girl has been charged with fatally stabbing an older teen, 18, who was known to her. At 9:50 p.m. Wednesday, authorities responded to a home on Roosevelt Avenue for a 911 call of a stabbing. Upon arrival, officers located the victim, Zion Barton, 18, of the Bronx who had sustained a stab wound, said Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone. The teen was transported to a local hospital, but he was pronounced dead at the hospital. A fifteen-year-old girl who knew him stabbed Barton, said Carteret Police and the county prosecutor. The teen girl was taken into custody and charged with one count of first-degree murder and one count of third-degree possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose. The juvenile is detained pending a preliminary hearing in Superior Court. The two teens were acquainted, said the county prosecutor. Be the first to know. Sign up to get Patch emails: https://patch.com/subscribe Contact this Patch reporter: [email protected]