
Girl, 15, dead and woman injured in Jersey City, NJ shooting
🔴 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.
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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