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Six killed, including officer, after shooting in Jersey City

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JERSEY CITY, NJ (CBS New York) https://livestream.com/accounts/25723746/events/8522569/videos/199766473

UPDATE 12/20/2019 1:30 p.m. Six people were killed, including a police officer, after a shootout in Jersey City Tuesday.

Among the other five killed are two suspected gunman and three civilians. Their bodies were found in a kosher grocery store, according to the CBS affiliate in New York.

The incident started when officers saw two people who appeared suspicious at a local cemetery. The two then got into a U-Haul and drove to the grocery store where the shooting took place, according to the CBS station.

Three other police officers and a civilian were injured.

UPDATE 12/10/2019 12:40 p.m. A police officer was killed, and two other officers and a civilian were injured after a gun battle in Jersey City, according to the CBS affiliate in New York. Those injured are in stable condition.

Police said they were searching for two suspected shooters- a man and a woman- and surrounded a building with armed officers and vehicles.

PREVIOUS STORY: More than one police officer was shot while responding to a report of an active shooter in Jersey City, the CBS affiliate in New York. It reportedly happened during a lengthy gun battle, and the officers' condition has not been released.

Law enforcement is searching for two suspected shooters, a man and a woman.

The incident happened in the area around Martin Luther King Drive and Bayview Avenue. Several roads were closed and schools were on lockdown.

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