South Plainfield stabbing at NJ home kills man, hurts woman

🔺NJ man killed
🔺Woman stabbed, wounded
🔺Incident in quiet suburb

SOUTH PLAINFIELD — A double stabbing at a borough home left one Somerset County man dead and a South Plainfield woman injured, police said.

On Monday just before 2 a.m., South Plainfield police received a 911 call about the incident at a residence on Tooz Place.

South Plainfield NJ double stabbing leaves man killed, woman hurt (Google Maps)

Responding officers found 38-year-old Brandon Andrews-Cruz, of Raritan, and a 32-year-old local woman, both with stab wounds.

Andrews-Cruz was pronounced dead at the scene and the woman was rushed to a hospital for treatment, Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone said.

South Plainfield NJ double stabbing leaves man killed, woman hurt (Google Maps)

Anyone with potential information was urged to contact the Middlesex County Prosecutor's Office — either Detective Javier Morillo at 732-745-8843 or Detective Ryan Kirsh at 732-745-3711.

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