Fatal triple-shooting in Jersey City under investigation

Tuesday, January 17, 2017
JERSEY CITY, New Jersey (WABC) -- Three people were fatally shot inside a Jersey City home, in an apparent drug robbery.

The victims were shot in a house on Fulton Avenue just after 10 p.m. Monday.

Two men and a woman are believed to have been killed. They were pronounced dead at the scene.
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One of the victims is believed to have been involved in drug activity. Investigators said the shooting appears to be the result of a drug robbery. Drugs and guns were recovered at the scene.

Police quickly surrounded a U-Haul truck parked on nearby Bayside Place that they said was connected to the shooting. Two men were reported to have fled that vehicle.

A man who identified himself as a friend of the woman who was shot, said she was pregnant and a mother.
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No arrests were made. The victims have not been identified.



The Hudson County Prosecutors Office is investigating the shooting. There was no immediate comment.
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