Police are on the search for a dark grey or black car last seen speeding away from the scene of a shooting that happened in the city.
Multiple rounds of gunfire erupted in the 300 block of Forest Street shortly before 6 a.m. sending several police units to the scene where they found a male victim around the age of 17-years-old suffering a serious gunshot wound to the leg.
The victim was rushed to Jersey City Medical Center where he reportedly suffered severe blood lost but was expected to survive.
The motive for the shooting is under investigation.