Police set up a crime scene in a neighborhood in Jersey City as detectives collected evidence to connect to a shooting that left a man injured in the city.
Officers responded to reports of shots fired that rang out in the 400 block of Ocean Avenue at around 9:15 p.m. according to preliminary reports.
Upon arrival to the scene, police found a male victim suffering a gunshot wound to the hip.
EMS transported the victim to Jersey City Medical Center where he was treated for non-life threatening injuries reports said.
The motive for the shooting remains under an active and ongoing investigation.