{"id":52100,"date":"2019-12-10T21:12:38","date_gmt":"2019-12-11T03:12:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/?p=52100"},"modified":"2019-12-10T21:12:38","modified_gmt":"2019-12-11T03:12:38","slug":"6-killed-in-jersey-city-shootout-that-ends-at-kosher-supermarket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/6-killed-in-jersey-city-shootout-that-ends-at-kosher-supermarket\/","title":{"rendered":"6 killed in Jersey City shootout that ends at kosher supermarket"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(JTA) \u2014 Six people were killed, including a police officer and three civilians, during an hours-long shootout Tuesday afternoon that concluded in a kosher supermarket in Jersey City, New Jersey.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_52101\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/jersey-city-shooting-1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-52101\" class=\"wp-image-52101 size-medium lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/jersey-city-shooting-1-300x167.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"167\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/jersey-city-shooting-1-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/jersey-city-shooting-1-768x427.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/jersey-city-shooting-1-1024x569.jpg 1024w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/167;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-52101\" class=\"wp-image-52101 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/jersey-city-shooting-1-300x167.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"167\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/jersey-city-shooting-1-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/jersey-city-shooting-1-768x427.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/jersey-city-shooting-1-1024x569.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-52101\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The scene outside the site of shooting in Jersey, City, N.J., Dec. 10, 2019, that left at least six people dead after an hours-long shootout. (Josefin Dolsten\/JTA)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>There was \u201cno indication of terrorism,\u201d an official said at a news conference. Investigators believe that the store was chosen randomly and that the incident was not a hate crime.<\/p>\n<p>The gunmen, described as juveniles, had holed up in the JC Kosher Supermarket after shooting a police officer at nearby Bayview Cemetery. That officer, identified as Det. Joseph Seals, died.<\/p>\n<p>A third gunman is still at large, according to Fox News.<\/p>\n<p>Seals, a married father of five, was a \u201cleading police officer in removing guns from the street,\u201d according to Police Chief Michael Kelly.<\/p>\n<p>At least two other officers were injured in the gunfire, the Hudson County prosecutor told reporters. At least one victim from the market was being treated and talking to police, WABC-TV reported.<\/p>\n<p>Jonathan Greenblatt, CEO of the Anti-Defamation League, tweeted that he was \u201cHeartbroken by the loss of life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA Kosher deli in the middle of a shootout, civilians &amp; police officers have been shot,\u201d he wrote. \u201cWe stand w\/ the Jersey City community &amp; law enforcement, whose bravery saved countless lives today.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Heartbroken by the loss of life. A Kosher deli in the middle of a shootout, civilians &amp; police officers have been shot. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ADL_NYNJ?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ADL_NYNJ<\/a> is on the scene &amp; in contact w\/ <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LE?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#LE<\/a>. We stand w\/ the Jersey City community &amp; law enforcement, whose bravery saved countless lives today. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SIfWFlVMgQ\">https:\/\/t.co\/SIfWFlVMgQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jonathan Greenblatt (@JGreenblattADL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JGreenblattADL\/status\/1204503931252031491?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 10, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Police swarmed the streets and marched in formation with helicopters flying overhead, according to news reports.<\/p>\n<p>Public schools in the area were put on lockdown as the situation unfolded, but all students and staff were declared safe, according to CBS.<\/p>\n<p>Jersey City is located just west of New York City across the Hudson River.<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/noscript><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"Tumblr\",\"Email\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"6%20killed%20in%20Jersey%20City%20shootout%20that%20ends%20at%20kosher%20supermarket\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[10357,8790,8795,975,8788],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52100"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52100"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52100\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52102,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52100\/revisions\/52102"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52100"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}