No-one gets shot 'multiple times' for no reason, especially during the day. This was personal and the deceased would have known his killer.
Knowing the area, it would have been a payback associated with some sort of drug activity.

Authorities ID Man fatally shot on MLK BLVD.


No motive has been established for the shooting and there did not appear to be a dispute prior to the shooting, Gregory said, adding investigators don't believe Harrigan knew his killer.

Man Shot Dead on MLK Drive

By Anthony J. Machcinski/The Jersey Journal

A man was shot dead on Martin Luther King Drive in Jersey City tonight, a law enforcement source confirmed.

The man was shot multiple times and he was declared dead at the scene, said the source, who did not want to be identified because he is not authorized to speak about the incident.

Acting Hudson County Prosecutor Guy Gregory refused to comment tonight, citing the early stage of the investigation.

The man was shot at about 5:30 tonight, just north of Stevens Avenue. There is at least one Jersey City closed-circuit camera on that stretch of MLK Drive, but authorities would not comment on whether the shooting was caught on camera.

A Jersey City woman who was visiting her brother said she had "never seen any s--- like this." The woman, who did not give her name, said she was told that the victim was shot in the park, at the corner of MLK and Stevens, and collapsed a few feet outside the park.

One man at the scene shouted at police "You need to step up your presence in the area!"