Three men were shot in an altercation outside a New Year?s Eve party on Virginia Avenue in Jersey City, according to eyewitnesses and a police report.

Early Thursday morning, at approximately 3:15 a.m., Jersey City police officers were dispatched to the scene of a shooting at a home on Virginia Avenue. When they arrived they found a 55-year-old non-responsive victim lying on the ground outside the party, according to the police report. According to a neighborhood resident, the man had been shot in his face or head, but was still alive when police arrived.

Officers then found inside the residence two men who had been also been shot, one 44-year-old man in his right thigh and one 44-year-old man in his left thigh, the report says. According to a witness, there were several friends and family at the residence for a New Year?s Eve celebration. One of the shooting victims was inside the party when he heard his friend outside in a ?heated verbal argument,? police say.

When the man went outside to see what was going on, he saw two of his friends in an argument with a man wearing a light grey or white hooded sweatshirt with a knitted cap who was approximately 6 ft. tall and slim, the report says. There was a silver or grey vehicle facing the wrong way on Virginia Avenue next to the men, police say.

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Multiple Shooting on Virginia Avenue
Posted On 01 Jan 2015By : hctvComment: 0

Three people got shot near the area of 301 Virginia Avenue in Jersey City sometime around 3.00 am . According to the Police Chatter, One Victim was shot on the side, a second victim was shot through the mouth and out of the head and third victim was removed with a gunshot wound to the leg. Police is looking for a Silver BMW in the area. If anyone has any information please contact the Jersey City Police Department

Source: Hudson County TV

Per police radio, 3 people were shot on Virginia ave today.Great way to start 2015, and it looks like today was one of these peoples last day on Earth. Almost every year since I've lived in JC someone get's murdered on this day.