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Same Night, Different Incidents: One Shot, Two Arrested, Guns Recovered In Jersey City

One person was shot, two guns were recovered and two people were arrested just hours apartment in three separate Jersey City incidents.

One person was shot, two were arrested and two guns were recovered just hours apartment in three individual Jersey City incidents Sunday, reports say.

One person was shot, two were arrested and two guns were recovered just hours apartment in three individual Jersey City incidents Sunday, reports say.

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Officers with the Jersey City Police Department arrested a 17-year-old boy at the Booker T. Washington housing complex on a complaint of drug dealing around 6:20 p.m. Sunday, NJ.com reports.

The boy fled the scene upon police contact but was promptly apprehended and charged with possession of a firearm by a minor, possession of a prohibited weapon, unlawful possession of a handgun, possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose and resisting arrest, the article says.

A few hours later, officers located a man that had been shot in the vicinity of Van Nostrand and Bergen Avenue around 11 p.m. The man was transported to a local hospital for treatment.

Police later apprehended 19-year-old Darby Shirdon near Fulton and Rose Avenue, reports say. Shirdon allegedly fled from police around 11:40 p.m. and discarded a handgun which was subsequently recovered.

Sheldon was arrested and charged with unlawful possession of a handgun, obstruction of governmental function and resisting arrest.

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