Howell: A man possibly trying to escape attackers jumped out of a car and tried to run on a New Jersey street, then apparently was caught and murdered, his body left in the middle of the road, a law enforcement source familiar with the case tells News 4.

According to sources the man was found with a hacked face in the middle of the street.

A person passing through the area came upon the grisly scene on Howell’s Hurley Pond Road around 3:15 a.m. Friday. Responding officers initially thought the dead man was a hit-and-run victim, the law-enforcement source said. 

The man, thought to be in his 20s, appeared to have had his face hacked, a witness reported. The body had significant trauma. 

The area was shut down for hours as authorities investigated. 

Credit : New York 4