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Gunmen Exchange Gunfire on Ocean Avenue in Jersey City, Investigation

Jersey City

Jersey City Police are looking for suspects responsible for a shooting incident in a section of the city overnight.

Police responded to reports of shots fired that rang out in the 400 block of Ocean Avenue around shortly before 8:30 p.m. 

When offices arrived, they found multiple shell casings and a person suffering a non-life threatening graze wound to his their at that location. 

The victim was treated for the injury while police searched for a vehicle occupied by several suspects who began shooting at a man who returned gunfire at the car. 

Both parties fled the scene and remained at large. 

The motive for the shooting is under investigation. 

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