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DEVELOPING JERSEY CITY: Shooting Kills Two in Jersey City

Jersey City

Police are on the scene of a shooting with two victims down at this tme.

Reports of shots fired sent police to the area of Johnson Street and Monitor Street at around 7:25 a.m. where officers located the victims suffering injury from apparent gunfire.

Police are looking for a thin black male who was last seen fleeing the area in a white 4-door Hyundai with a missing tail light.

The suspect is consider armed and dangerous.

UPDATE 8:05 a.m. One female victim has died from her injuries.

UPDATE 9:42 a.m. The second victim has died.

UPDATE 1:13 p.m. The suspect has been found dead inside a nearby park from as apparent self inflicted gunshot wound .