1 Killed, Another Injured In Jersey City Gunfire: Authorities

JERSEY CITY, NJ — One man was killed and another was injured by gunfire early Sunday in Jersey City, according to authorities.

Officers responded around 2:30 a.m. to Orient Avenue near Martin Luther King Drive, where they found 38-year-old Jenardo Tejada of Jersey City, who had been shot and was taken to Jersey City Medical Center, where he died, authorities said.

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A 45-year-old man, also from Jersey City, was discovered on nearby Jackson Square suffering from a gunshot wound, according to authorities.

No arrests had been made as of Sunday afternoon, and the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide Unit as well as the Jersey City Police Department were investigating, authorities said.

Anyone with information was asked to contact the county prosecutor’s office at 201-915-1345 or leave an anonymous tip at hcpo.org/tips, according to authorities, who said all information would be confidential.