Teenager Dies After Arriving At Jersey City Hospital With Gunshot Wound: Prosecutors

An 18-year-old teenage boy was pronounced dead on Monday, Dec. 18 after he was dropped off at a Jersey City hospital suffering from a gunshot wound, authorities said.

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Sam Barron

12/20/2023 10:57 a.m.

At 2:20 p.m., the boy arrived at Jersey City Medical Center in a private vehicle with a gunshot wound to the upper body, the Hudson County Prosecutor's Office said. He was pronounced dead shortly before 4 p.m., prosecutors said.

The case is being investigated by the Hudson County Prosecutor's Office Homicide Unit and the Jersey City Police Department.

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