Bail set at $300K for Jersey City man accused of pushing ex-girlfriend and their baby out a window

Frederico Bruno, 19, of Rutgers Avenue threw his ex-girlfriend and their 3-month-old baby out a third floor window.

The 20-year-old ex-girlfriend, their child, and the woman's 21-year-old female friend remain in critical condition as a result of the alleged attack at 6:55 a.m. July 27 inside Bruno's former Rutgers Avenue apartment.

The ex-girlfriend was stabbed multiple times and her friend was stabbed numerous times in the face with a kitchen knife and meat cleaver, the complaint says. The mother landed on the child after the fall, officials said.

EnlargeKatharine Egli/The Jersey JournalFrederico Bruno, 19, is being sought by police as a suspect in today's domestic violence incident in Jersey City that left two women and one baby in critical condition.Two women, baby injured in domestic violence incident gallery (11 photos)

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A manhunt led to Bruno's arrest Friday night in Belleville after he was found hiding in a refrigerator in a vacant apartment in Belleville based on a tip from family members, authorities said.

Police believe Bruno let himself into his former apartment with his keys and was hiding when the women and child returned in the morning, Police Chief Tom Comey said at a press conference Friday afternoon on Journal Square.

The former girlfriend was in a rear room with her son when she heard her friend scream during Bruno's attack, and when she attempted to call police, he turned his attack on her, Comey said.

While the mother was holding the child, Bruno pushed both into an air conditioner with such force that the air conditioner, mother and child went through the window and fell into the backyard, Comey said. Bruno then climbed down the fire escape, found a bar stool and beat his former girlfriend with it before fleeing, the complaint says.

The chief said Bruno has had a number of prior run-ins with police, and noted that police had been to the apartment multiple times in the past several weeks. Bruno is charged with two counts of aggravated assault but additional charges are expected, officials said. On Sunday Jersey City police said attempted murder charges are likely.