Fatal Stabbing in Lakewood

Police looking for man known as "El Cholito"

Police in New Jersey are looking for the person who fatally stabbed an 18-year-old in Lakewood Saturday night.

Police found 18-year-old Luis Tochihuitl lying in a municipal parking lot on Second Street. He had been stabbed in the chest.

Tochihuitl was later pronounced dead at Kimball Medical Center. According to Ocean County Prosecutor Marlene Lynch Ford, witnesses have told investigators that the stabbing occurred after an altercation that involved both Tochilhuitl and a Hispanic man who calls himself "El Cholito." Police have not been able to locate "El Cholito"

Anyone with information is asked to call Officer Joseph Gregg of the Lakewood Police at (732) 363-0200 or Detective Sergeant Carlos Trujillo Tovar of the Ocean County Prosecutor's Office at (732) 929-2027.

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