Winston Espino Sanchez

Male, Hispanic

Date of the incident: 8/7/2017

Place of the incident:

North Bergen, Hudson, NJ
1601 Union Turnpike

Police responded to a 911 call reporting a fight on Union Turnpike at about 3:20 a.m., police said. When police arrived, they found two women—a 31-year-old from North Bergen and a 34-year-old from Guttenberg—with stab wounds. A third person, a 33-year-old man from Union City, was also stabbed. Winston Espino Sanchez was armed with an unspecified weapon when police used pepper spray in an attempt to stop him. The spray didn't work, and two officers then shot and killed Sanchez.

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