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Maybe the wrong target? Would a gang member bother getting the cops involved?

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bingo

Do they really need to?

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The Jersey Journal never identifies suspects' race. Because, you know, it's racist to identify who is suspected of committing a crime---at least when that suspect is black.

I love how what would be the most descriptive detail about the gunman is left out.

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I am willing to bet money this wasn't an "innocent" person out grocery shopping or whatever. Random murder is really, really, unlikely.

WTF?????? The crime here is out of hand. Now you can't even walk home at 8 pm without worrying you'll get shot?

Anymore information on this? I thought some of the JCList people lived down on Varick St.

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Ok then what did he do to deserve this, who did he slight ?

hopefully it was a gang hit and not a random act of attempted murder

8:17pm. CCD and Varick.

Who going to say something stupid like "He shouldn't be out at that hour."

or

"That kind of thing doesn't usually happen Downtown...."



This city is a corrupt, crime-ridden shithole.

Police say Jersey City man flees after gunman pulls trigger, but gun doesn't fire

By Michaelangelo Conte/The Jersey Journal

February 19, 2010, 7:00AM

A Downtown Jersey City man is lucky to be alive after a man pointed a gun at his chest Tuesday night and pulled the trigger, but it did not fire, officials said.

The 21-year-old Varick Street resident was walking home from a grocery store at 8:17 p.m. and was at Varick and Christopher Columbus Drive when the gunman and another man hiding between parked cars ran toward him, reports said.

The gunman pointed a black handgun with a long barrel at the man's chest, mumbled something unintelligible, and pulled the trigger, reports said. When the victim heard a clicking sound and realized the gun had not fired, he turned and ran, reports said.

The gunman is described as being 18 to 20 years old and wearing blue jeans and a black jacket with an orange lining and fir trim around the hood, reports said. The second man was wearing either a red hat or red shirt, reports said.

Anyone with information on the incident is asked to call the Jersey City police tip line at (201) 547-JAIL.



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