🔴 Teen girl killed in double shooting

🔴 Victims were sitting in a car when they were shot

🔴 Investigators looking for tips


JERSEY CITY — Authorities are investigating a double shooting that killed a 15-year-old girl and hospitalized her relative.

Police found the victims inside a car on Oak Street around 11 p.m. Saturday, according to the Hudson County Prosecutor's Office. Officers were responding to a report of a shooting in the area.

One victim has been identified as Cianna Lee, 15, of Jersey City.

Lee was hospitalized and then pronounced dead around 1:20 a.m. Sunday morning. An autopsy is pending.

Oak Street in Jersey City (Google Maps/Canva)
Oak Street in Jersey City (Google Maps/Canva)
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Meantime, the second victim has been identified as a 37-year-old woman who was related to Lee.

She was also hospitalized at Jersey City Medical Center. Authorities say she is in stable condition and should survive.

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No arrests had been made as of Sunday. An investigation into the double shooting is ongoing.

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