Police are on the scene of a shooting with a male victim down in a neighborhood in the city at this time.
Gunfire rang out in the 300 block of Woodward Street shortly before 5:17 a.m. sending police to the area where the victim was shot at that location.
EMS transported the victim to Jersey City Medical Center suffering a gunshot wound to the hip.
His injuries do not appear to be life-threatening at this time.
There is a crime scene established and an investigation underway.
The motive for the shooting has not released.