View Larger Map 8 arrests after shots bring calls in Heights Saturday, November 14, 2009 By KARINA L. ARRUE JOURNAL STAFF WRITER Eight people were arrested on weapons charges after residents on Webster Avenue near South Street reported hearing gunshots around 3:30 yesterday morning, Jersey City police said. At Palisade Avenue and Franklin Street, police en route to the scene stopped two vehicles that fit the description from the shots-fired call and removed all occupants from both. A black Glock 30.45 caliber with an extended magazine was under the driver's seat in one vehicle and a Ruger-serial No. 239 was found in the trunk of the other, police said. At the scene, police found several shell casings and live rounds and said at least two vehicles also appeared to have bullet holes in them. Charged with several offenses, including unlawful possession of weapons, possession of weapons for unlawful purposes, and possession of prohibited weapons, were: Yribia Contreras, 20; Bernardo Guzman, 21, and Norberto Liranzo, 25, of Union City; Alberto Sosa, 29; Franklin Sosa, 27; Jesus Valdez, 20, and Luis Dolco, 23, of Jersey City, and Jason Laramatos, 27, of Passaic. Union City police recovered a spent projectile connected to the incident in the front seat of a vehicle parked on the border of Jersey City and Union City yesterday morning, police there said. The bullet broke through the window of the vehicle, police said, declining to give the specific location. Journal staff writer Michaelangelo Conte contributed to this report.

Just as an FYI:

Although this incident happened on South St. and WEBSTER (not Palisade), it didn't involve people who live in this neighborhood. This is a very nice and peaceful area to live in and the incident spilled out of some SUVs and ensued here.

The neighbors acted quickly and the police responded immediately.

My purpose for writing this is that one will assume that it's the neighborhood when they read about these things, and in this case, it really wasn't.

Moxie - this was in the JJ on Saturday:

Eight people were arrested on weapons charges after residents on Webster Avenue near South Street reported hearing gunshots around 3:30 yesterday morning, Jersey City police said.

At Palisade Avenue and Franklin Street, police en route to the scene stopped two vehicles that fit the description from the shots-fired call and removed all occupants from both.

A black Glock 30.45 caliber with an extended magazine was under the driver's seat in one vehicle and a Ruger-serial No. 239 was found in the trunk of the other, police said.

At the scene, police found several shell casings and live rounds and said at least two vehicles also appeared to have bullet holes in them.

Charged with several offenses, including unlawful possession of weapons, possession of weapons for unlawful purposes, and possession of prohibited weapons, were:

Yribia Contreras, 20; Bernardo Guzman, 21, and Norberto Liranzo, 25, of Union City;

Alberto Sosa, 29; Franklin Sosa, 27; Jesus Valdez, 20, and Luis Dolco, 23, of Jersey City, and

Jason Laramatos, 27, of Passaic.

Union City police recovered a spent projectile connected to the incident in the front seat of a vehicle parked on the border of Jersey City and Union City yesterday morning, police there said.

The bullet broke through the window of the vehicle, police said, declining to give the specific location.

Journal staff writer Michaelangelo Conte contributed to this report.

Does anyone know anything about a shooting that took place at this location Friday night/early Sat. morning? A friend who lives near there says 2 people in cars were shooting at each other and then were caught by police around Franklin St. I can't find any news reports on this story.