A Jersey City man was arrested in Manhattan Sunday and accused of fatally shooting his father at their home, authorities said.
Gerard Brooker Jr., 25, was nabbed around 2:30 a.m., the Hudson County Prosecutor’s office said in a press release. Brooker was considered a person of interest in the death of his father, Gerard Brooker Sr.
The elder Brooker, 52, was found dead from gunshot wounds at his home in Jersey City around 8:15 p.m. Saturday, police said. He was pronounced dead about 15 minutes later.
Cops quickly began looking for Brooker’s son, and they found him in Manhattan about six hours later. Brooker Jr. was charged with one count of murder and two weapons crimes.
Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said her office’s homicide unit worked with the Jersey City Police Department and NYPD to investigate and arrest Brooker Jr.
Authorities have not publicly speculated on any motive for the murder, and they did not provide any details of the shooting. It was not immediately clear what evidence led them to identify Brooker Jr. as a suspect in his father’s death.
Brooker’s is not the only recent suspected case of patricide related to the tri-state area. On Long Island, 43-year-old Christopher Miller was charged with fatally shooting his own father, retired Suffolk County detective John Miller, in March.
Elsewhere, 30-year-old Brooklyn resident Henry McGowan stands accused of killing his father, John McGowan, at a country hotel in Ireland in November 2024.
