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Jersey City Police Search for Suspect Wanted for Fatal Overnight Shooting

Jersey City

Hudson County authorities are on the search for a male suspect wanted for a shooting that left one person dead in the city overnight.

Gunfire rang out on Clinton Avenue between West Side Avenue and JFK Boulevard at around 11 p.m. sending heavy police presence to the scene where they found the victim unconscious and unresponsive according to authorities.

The victim was pronounced dead at the scene authorities said.

A male suspect, last observed wearing a green hoodie, fled the scene on foot immediately after the shooting according to reports.

The motive for the shooting is under investigation.

There were no reports of arrests made.

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