An 18-year-old was arrested and a handgun and a knife were recovered after he and another person exchanged gunfire on a Jersey City street on New Year’s Day.
Police responded to the area of Bayview and Ocean avenues Sunday afternoon after hearing shots fired found Michael Watts, 18 of Hoboken, running from the scene, Jersey City spokeswoman Kimberly Wallace-Scalcione said. Police recovered an illegal loaded gun, Wallace-Scalcione said.
Police said in radio transmissions that a knife was also recovered after the incident that included a second gunmen and Watts shooting at each other.
Watts was charged with aggravated assault with a firearm, unlawful possession of a weapon, possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, possession of a defaced firearm and posses of dum-dum bullets.
According to police radio transmissions, the other gunman fled and was not apprehended. Shell casings were recovered on Ocean Avenue. It was incorrectly reported earlier that a woman was shot in the incident.