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A 20-year-old man was shot early Sunday morning on Fulton Avenue.
(Caitlin Mota | The Jersey Journal )
JERSEY CITY -- A 20-year-old man was shot in the back on Fulton Street early this morning, and a man carrying a gun was arrested following the shooting, officials said.
The victim, a Dwight Street resident, was struck at about 4 a.m. between Garfield and Ocean avenues, city spokeswoman Jennifer Morrill said.
Police arrested 31-year-old Marquis Cenord, of Martin Luther King Drive, a short time later near Fulton and Ocean Avenues with a Glock 22 handgun and an extended magazine, Morrill said.
This morning, glass from a shattered car window covered the street. Officials have not said if the broken glass is related to the incident.
Multiple shootings have been reported within a five block radius of this morning's shooting, including three within hours apart last weekend. Earlier in the month, a 27-year-old man was shot in the shoulder on the same block.
Shattered glass covers a parking space on Fulton Avenue.
In April, 17-year-old Rondell Rush was fatally shot in broad daylight on Fulton Avenue near Martin Luther King Drive, about three blocks away.
Cenord was charged with unlawful possession of a weapon, possession of a weapon for unlawful purposes, and certain person not to possess a weapon.
The victim's condition was not immediately available.
In a separate incident, a 20-year-old man was treated at Jersey City Medical Center-Barnabas Health with an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound to his leg, Morrill said.
The incident occurred on Myrtle Avenue near Martin Luther King Drive at about 1 a.m. When asked if the man had intentions on using the weapon on someone else or if any charges were filed, Morrill said the shooting remains under investigation.