{"id":278314,"date":"2026-09-03T18:48:13","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T18:48:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/278314\/"},"modified":"2026-09-03T18:48:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T18:48:13","slug":"man-charged-with-attempted-murder-after-allegedly-pouring-lighter-fluid-on-house-2-victims-in-gloucester-city-new-jersey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/278314\/","title":{"rendered":"Man charged with attempted murder after allegedly pouring lighter fluid on house, 2 victims in Gloucester City, New Jersey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"6abc Digital Staff Image\" class=\"hsDdd NDJZt sJeUN IJwXl \" data-testid=\"prism-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1788461293_235_16248352_2024-wpvi-generic-6abc-logo-on-white-background-img-v3.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Thursday, September 3, 2026 5:28PM<\/p>\n<p>When officers arrived, officials say the victims were able to escape the house, but 39-year-old Eugene Jackson was still inside.<\/p>\n<p>WPVI<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">GLOUCESTER CITY, N.J. (WPVI) &#8212; A man has been arrested for attempted murder after allegedly pouring lighter fluid all over a house and two victims in Gloucester City, New Jersey.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Police responded to a home in the 600 block of Ridgeway Street around 1 a.m. on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">When officers arrived, officials say the victims were able to escape the house, but the suspect, identified as 39-year-old Eugene Jackson, was still inside.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">A perimeter was established, and some nearby residents were evacuated.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Roughly two hours later, Jackson came out of the home and was arrested.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">Jackson is being held at the Camden County Department of Corrections, pending a detention hearing.<br class=\" \"\/><\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 WPVI-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Thursday, September 3, 2026 5:28PM When officers arrived, officials say the victims were able to escape the house,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":278315,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[116512,69,71,70],"class_list":["post-278314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia","tag-116512","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-headlines","tag-philadelphia-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278314","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=278314"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278314\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/278315"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=278314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=278314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=278314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}