Hudson County officials say Jersey City Police officers came under fire while driving marked police cars southbound on JFK Boulevard near Clinton Avenue around 1:20 p.m.
They say an armed male fired multiple shots, which struck both police vehicles.
While under fire, sources told Eyewitness News that one Jersey City Police sergeant exited the vehicle, engaged the gunman and returned fire.
According to sources, the suspect randomly opened fire on four officers in two separate marked police vehicles. They were not looking for him and did not engage him before the gunman shot at them, striking their police vehicle several times.
Sources say it appeared the suspect was shot and the rushed to a nearby hospital. His condition is currently unknown.
A witness said the suspect was randomly shooting vehicles, spraying bullets all over JFK Boulevard by Clinton Avenue.
"He had a gun on him and then the gun went off, everybody ran. I saw him pulling out the gun, aiming at people, shooting," the witness said.
One witness said the suspect pointed the gun at him.
"He had a gun in his hand he was just shooting random vehicles and he pointed a gun at me at one point," Carlos said.
A witness told Eyewitness News that he heard police tell the suspect to drop his weapon and then watched police strike him twice.
In a video taken by witnesses, police can be heard commanding him to drop his weapon.
Witnesses say he was ultimately shot by cops.
"He started crawling after he got shot and he was still resisting after he got shot," Carlos said.
Officials say no civilians were injured during the incident, and none of the four police officers who were shot at were struck.
They were taken to the local hospital for evaluation and treatment for trauma.
It is unclear why the suspect opened fire.
The Hudson County Prosecutor's Office said a thorough investigation will be conducted.
They are encouraging anyone with information pertinent to the investigation to reach out.
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