New Jersey investigators say domestic violence led to the deaths of a woman and her two children whose bodies were found inside a Jersey City apartment.

A woman and two children were fatally stabbed in a New Jersey basement apartment overnight in an incident Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop is calling an act of domestic violence. “This was a terrible triple homicide that occurred last night related to domestic violence,

Multiple people were found dead in an apartment in Jersey City, authorities said early Thursday, though few details were immediately available on the circumstances or the victims. Prosecutors in Hudson County confirmed the investigation on Hutton Street overnight.

A man came into a home on Hutton Street and stabbed the woman and the children age 5 and 9. He then tried to stab himself before being taken into custody, Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop wrote on his X account.

A woman and two children are dead following a stabbing in Jersey City that is being investigated as an act of domestic violence.

A New Jersey man is facing triple murder charges after he allegedly fatally stabbed a woman and her two children early Thursday morning.