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Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive, Jersey City, NJ

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Teenager Shot In Jersey City: Authorities Teenager Shot In Jersey City: Authorities
Teenager Shot In Jersey City: Authorities A 19-year-old man was shot in Jersey City early Monday morning, August 7, authorities said. At 3:22 a.m., Jersey City police were called to Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive and Union Street where they found a man suffering from a gunshot wound to his left shin, Kimberly Wallace-Scalfione, a spokeswoman for the mayor's office said. He was transported to a local hospital with non-life threatening injuries, Wallace-Scalfione said. The investigation is ongoing, Wallace-Scalfione said. 

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by Sam Barron
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Use Of Force By Jersey City Police Breaking Up Massive Street Fight Deemed Justified Use Of Force By Jersey City Police Breaking Up Massive Street Fight Deemed Justified
Use Of Force By Jersey City Police Breaking Up Massive Street Fight Deemed Justified The use of force by Jersey City police officers breaking up a massive street fight in May has been deemed justified, authorities in Hudson County announced Wednesday. Multiple 9-1-1 callers reported 20 to 100 people screaming, punching and kicking in a street fight that broke out on Bostwick Avenue between  Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive and Ocean Avenue just after 5:15 p.m. on May 5, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. This incident that quickly went viral on social media occurred during the Executive Order signed by Gov. Phil Murphy that required people to stay home and socia…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Prosecutor: Man, 21, Who Raised Handgun Before Being Shot By Jersey City Officer ID'd Prosecutor: Man, 21, Who Raised Handgun Before Being Shot By Jersey City Officer ID'd
Prosecutor: Man, 21, Who Raised Handgun Before Being Shot By Jersey City Officer ID'd Authorities have identified and charged a 21-year-old man who they say raised a handgun during a brief pursuit with police, prompting a Jersey City officer to shoot him Tuesday evening. Members of the police department's street crimes unit were conducting an investigation near Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive and Oak Street when they saw a man later identified as Korron Bethall with a handgun around 8 p.m., Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said Wednesday. When approached by the officers who identified themselves as police, Benthall fled across the parking lot of the Salem Lafayette Publi…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Prosecutor: Man, 21, Who Raised Handgun Before Being Shot By Jersey City Officer ID'd Prosecutor: Man, 21, Who Raised Handgun Before Being Shot By Jersey City Officer ID'd
Prosecutor: Man, 21, Who Raised Handgun Before Being Shot By Jersey City Officer ID'd Authorities have identified and charged a 21-year-old man who they say pointed a handgun at police prompting a Jersey City police officer to shoot him Tuesday evening. Members of the police department's street crimes unit were conducting an investigation near Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive and Oak Street when they saw a man later identified as Korron Bethall with a handgun around 8 p.m., Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said Wednesday. When approached by the officers who identified themselves as police, Benthall fled across the parking lot of the Salem Lafayette Public Housing Complex,…

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by Cecilia Levine
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KNOW ANYTHING? Woman, 22, Shot Dead In Jersey City Apartment KNOW ANYTHING? Woman, 22, Shot Dead In Jersey City Apartment
Know Anything? Woman, 22, Shot Dead In Jersey City Apartment Authorities are seeking the public's help in the investigation of a Jersey City shooting that killed a 22-year-old woman. Francis Villa was found lifeless with a gunshot wound in a Forrest Street apartment between Martin Luther King Jr. Drive and Ocean Avenue around 6 p.m. Monday, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Villa was pronounced dead at the scene by a Jersey City Medical Center doctor minutes later, Suarez said. The cause of death was determined to be a gunshot wound to the upper body and the manner of death remains pending with the Regional Medical Examiner’s Office,…

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by Cecilia Levine