Two police officers shot as gunmen open fire in Jersey City

UPDATE: Police officer dies in shooting, two others injured

At least two police officers have been shot and two gunmen are still being sought in an active shooter incident Tuesday afternoon, authorities confirmed.

One of the officers was shot in Bayview Cemetery, and the other was believed to be shot in the area of Martin Luther King Drive and Bidwell Avenue.

At least two shooters were firing from a storefront on MLK at anyone who passed by. It is believed that one other person was shot inside the store, JC Kosher Supermarket, located at 223 MLK Drive.

The two shooters, a man and a woman, were dressed in black. They arrived in the area in a U-Haul van, each carrying long guns into the supermarket, police said in radio transmissions. At 2:44 p.m. police reported in radio transmissions that “pipe bombs” were located in the U-Haul.

The shootings started just after noon, and gunfire could be heard at 2:10 p.m.

Active shooter in Jersey City now! In tiny budding Hasidic Jewish community, next to a synagogue and Yeshiva with children locked inside.

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All roads in the area were closed and schools were placed on lockdown.

With the shooters firing at anyone they saw, police were forced to move slowly in trying to apprehend them.

At 12:51 p.m., police reported that a person appeared to be shot inside the store, near the front entrance.

A man was taken into custody at Bayview Cemetery by Jersey City police, but was later released.

A New York Police helicopter is flying over the cemetery, while Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives agents also responding to Jersey City, police said on the radio.

Hudson Bergen Light Rail Bayonne Branch Service is suspended in both directions between Liberty State Park and Eighth Street in Bayonne.

At 2:41 p.m. New Jersey State Police were preparing to evacuate Sacred Heart School, across the street from the supermarket.