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UPDATE: Police Arrest 13-Year-Old for Shooting Man Dead in Jersey City

Jersey City

The Hudson County Prosecutor's Office Homicide Unit and the Jersey City Police Department have apprehended and charged a thirteen-year-old female with the fatal shooting of Mr. Niles Holmes that occurred earlier this month on MLK Drive and Wilkinson Avenue.

According to Hudson County authorities, just after 4:16 p.m., December 10th, members of the Jersey City Police Department responded to the area of Martin Luther King Drive and Wilkinson Avenue on a report of a person shot.

Responding officers found Holmes, 35, of Jersey City with apparent multiple gunshot wounds to the upper body.

Police say the victim was transported to the Jersey City Medical Center in a life-threatening condition.  He was pronounced deceased at 6:12 p.m.

The investigation remains active and ongoing. 

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