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LAWSUIT: Jersey City Men Shot By Police In Fireworks Incident File Federal Suit LAWSUIT: Jersey City Men Shot By Police In Fireworks Incident File Federal Suit
Lawsuit: Jersey City Men Shot By Police In Fireworks Incident File Federal Suit A pair of men shot by police in a 2019 fireworks incident have filed a federal suit against Jersey City and some of its officials. Devonte Moore and Shaquan Rush were in a group of young men shooting Roman Candles at each other in the Arlington Gardens Public housing complex on July 1, 2019, the Hudson County Prosecutor's Office said. Three police officers fired 22 rounds into the group, thinking the fireworks were guns after Moore pointed a candle at the officers, the HCPO said. Both Moore and Rush were hospitalized.  The pair have filed a federal suit that names the officers, forme…

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by Cecilia Levine