Crime

Investigation underway into apparent police-involved shooting in Jersey City

By CBS New York Team

/ CBS New York

Apparent police-involved shooting in Jersey City

JERSEY CITY, N.J. -- An apparent police-involved shooting is under investigation in Jersey City. 

It happened around 11:50 p.m. Tuesday at Communipaw Avenue and West Side Avenue near a BP gas station. 

A witness said police officers fired on a man and woman who were walking across the street. 

The Hudson County prosecutor is referring questions about the shooting to the New Jersey attorney general's office. 

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