An early morning shooting that occurred on the street in Jersey City has police searching for the suspect who fired the shots.
Police responded to reports of shots fired in the vicinity of Van Nostrand Avenue and Rutgers avenues shortly before 5:15 a.m. where officers arrived to find evidence that a shooting occurred but a search of the area had no victims located according to reports.
Authorities notified area hospitals for possible walk-in victims suffering gunshot wounds while officers collected shell casings back at the scene.
A male victim, suffering a gunshot wound, entered the Jersey City Medical Center shortly before 5:50 a.m. and told hospital officials that an unidentified gunman shot him on Van Nostrand.
The motive for the shooting remains under investigation.