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12 schools on lockdown as gunmen injure cop, face off with police in Jersey City (VIDEOS)
A police officer has been shot and two suspects have barricaded themselves into a bodega in Jersey City, New Jersey. People are being advised to avoid the area and a dozen schools are on lockdown.
The officer was shot at a cemetery and injured in the shoulder before the two suspects then fled into a nearby bodega and barricaded themselves inside, police told local media.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) said its officers are among those responding to the incident. Local schools have been put on lockdown as the police operation continues.
One law enforcement source speaking to NBC New York described the attack as an "ambush."
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