A 5-year-old boy was shot and wounded in Jersey City on Wednesday, June 4. (Credit: CBS 2)

JERSEY CITY, N.J. (CBSNewYork) – A 5-year-old boy was shot in the abdomen Wednesday afternoon, police said.

The shooting took place near Martin Luther King Drive and Union Street at around 3:30 p.m., police said.

The boy was hit once in the abdomen. He was taken to Jersey City Medical Center.