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Man injured in early morning shooting in Jersey City Sunday

A man was shot in the back on a Downtown Jersey City street early Sunday morning.
The shooting was reported at 12:48 a.m. and is believed to have occurred on Newark Avenue near Grove Street, near the edge of the pedestrian plaza and not far from City Hall.
Police in radio transmissions said it appears the victim was shot with a small caliber bullet. Police surveillance camera footage shows the man hunched over and then falling to the ground, according to radio transmissions.
The victim was taken to a local hospital. Jersey City officials did not immediately respond to a request for more information.

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