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UPDATE: Male Injured in Jersey City Broad-Daylight Shooting

Jersey City

Police reported non-life-threatening injuries for a male gunshot victim struck by bullets in a section of Jersey City on Monday afternoon. 

The broad-daylight shooting happened around 3:30 p.m. near the intersection of Martin Luther King Drive and Steven Avenue. 

Officers arrived at the scene and found multiple shell casings in at least two locations and a male victim suffering a non-fatal gunshot wound in his leg. 

The victim was rushed to Jersey City Medical Center, where he is expected to recover. 

Police believe the armed suspect wore a black hoodie with "Montclair State" on it.

A bullet entered the window of a building in the 100 block of Wade, but no one inside was injured, according to police.

The motive for the shooting is under investigation and the suspect is at large.