Two Teens Shot In Jersey City Overnight, One Critically Wounded
JERSEY CITY, N.J. (CBSNewYork/AP) - Authorities are seeking a motive for a shooting that left two teenage boys hospitalized overnight.
Jersey City police say the shooting occurred shortly before 3 a.m. Sunday. But further details were not disclosed, including what type of weapon was used or how many shots were fired.
A 13-year-old boy who was shot in the back was in critical condition, while a 15-year-old boy was being treated for an ankle wound that wasn't considered life-threatening. The names of the wounded teens have not been released.
Jersey City resident Yolanda lives right by.
"It is a bad neighborhood, very bad," she tells 1010 WINS' Carol D'Auria. "People get shot all the time."
Pastor Graham Speaks attributes the uptick in violence to a lack of police presence.
As WCBS 880's Kelly Waldron reports, Child Protective Services has been notified as the incident happened where at least two separate shootings have occurred since the beginning of the year, and only a block away from where another teen was shot in broad daylight in January.
No arrests have been made and the investigation is ongoing.
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