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DEVELOPING JERSEY CITY NJ: Shooting Leaves Man Critical in Jersey City

Jersey City

EMS rushed a man to Jersey City Medical Center suffering severe injuries after a gunman fired bullets from a car striking him this evening in Jersey City.

Police were called to the vicinity of Lembeck and Ocean avenues after receiving reports of shots fired just before 6 p.m.

Units arrived at the scene and found an unconscious and unresponsive man -around the age of 25-years-old -suffering gunshot wounds.

Medical personnel provided life-saving techniques before they rushed him to the hospital.

The suspect reportedly drove up in a white van and begin to fire shots from the passenger seat.

The motive for the shooting remains under investigation.

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