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UPDATE: Man Getting Gun From Car Shot Three Times By Jersey City Officer, Authorities Say UPDATE: Man Getting Gun From Car Shot Three Times By Jersey City Officer, Authorities Say
Update: Man Getting Gun From Car Shot Three Times By Jersey City Officer, Authorities Say A 21-year-old man seen getting a gun out of his car was shot in the wrist Tuesday evening by a Jersey City police officer in his eighth year in the department, officials said. Police were conducting a routine, electronic surveillance of a southwestern neighborhood when they saw a suspect get a firearm from a car and put it in his pocket around 7:50 p.m., Jersey City Police Director John Shea and Mayor Steven Fulop said during a press conference. The officer trying to catch up with the suspect fired three shots at him near MLK Drive and Union Street, Fulop and Shea said. The suspect wa…

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by Cecilia Levine