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BREAKING JERSEY CITY NJ: Gunfire Erupts Inside Newport Centre Mall

Jersey City

There is a crime scene established inside the Newport Centre Mall as police investigate a shooting with a confirmed connection on one person at this time.

Details regarding the shooting are pending a police information request but according to preliminary reports, gunfire rang out at around 6 p.m. sending police to the mall where they found a person suffering a gunshot wound to the arm.

Police surrounded, then searched the mall for other victims but hasn't found any more injured at this time.

The motive for the shooting is in its early stages of the investigation.

Scores of police have descended on the scene.

**UPDATED 6:40PM** One other person just entered Jersey City Medical Center suffering a gunshot wounds to their abdomens. The suspect remains at-large.

This story is developing.

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