Three Jersey City police officers fired their weapons in an incident that left two men wounded and community leaders demanding answers on what exactly transpired Monday night.

Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said a lieutenant and two police officers assigned to the Arlington Gardens public housing complex at Randolph Avenue near McDougall Street were on patrol when the incident unfolded around 10:15 p.m., Suarez said.

The preliminary investigation suggests fireworks were being shot in the area of the incident when police opened fire, but the circumstances surrounding the shooting remain under investigation, she said.

The two men who were shot — ages 19 and 21 — were taken to the Jersey City Medical Center for treatment to injuries that are not believed to be life-threatening, Suarez added.

No charges have been filed at this time.

A man leaving the Arlington Gardens housing complex on Tuesday morning said people who witnessed the shooting told him the men were shooting fireworks when police responded. Spent Roman candle tubes were scattered at the curbside on Randolph Avenue Tuesday morning.

“They all had roman candles and the cops opened fire,” the man said. “The kid had nothing but a Roman candle. They were good kids. All they were doing was hanging out and having fun.”

Jersey City spokeswoman Kimberly Wallace-Scalcione said there are no indications of violations of Attorney General guidelines on the officers’ part, but did not respond to questions surrounding how authorities made that determination.

Meanwhile, the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office did not respond to questions on what precipitated the police gunfire.

“Our community want answers! We want to know how trained and experienced officers mistake fireworks for gun shots? This is not the community policing we asked for,” Pamela Johnson, the executive director of the Jersey City Anti-Violence Coalition Movement, said in a statement.

“The longer it takes for them to get answers to the community, the worse it will get, tensions will build,” she added.

A neighborhood resident who said he was present at the time of the shooting said there were two groups shooting Roman candles at each other at the rear of the housing complex. He said the police “probably thought it was guns and they just started shooting. I heard the difference in the sound and went for cover.”

Another resident of the building, which had multiple bullet holes in it, including a window shattered by a gunshot, also said she didn’t know there were gunshots until afterward.

“I know they were shooting fireworks because my dogs were afraid and they were running into the bedroom,” she said. “I didn’t now there were gunshots until after. It’s crazy. You can get shot sitting in your living room. All of a sudden, you can get shot by a bullet.”

Fireworks, except for sparklers and novelty items, are illegal in New Jersey.

The New York Post has identified the 21-year-old who was shot three times in the legs as Davonte Moore. According to published reports, Moore’s mother said he would undergo surgery on Tuesday.

“Why did they shoot them boys?” Katrina Moore, Davonte’s mother, said to PIX11 News on a phone call Tuesday. “If you didn’t see no gun, what was the point of shooting?”

The 19-year-old, identified by media outlets at Shyquan Blade, has been released from the hospital, according to an official with knowledge of the situation.

Police marked the bullet holes in the building on Randolph Avenue with tape. Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office detectives arrived at the scene at about 10 a.m. Tuesday. The Prosecutor’s Office investigates all incidents in which a police officer discharges a gun.

Lincoln High School Principal Chris Gadsden said Moore attended both Lincoln and Snyder, and that he hopes to speak with him, adding "We need answers.”

“What was the thing that made the officers take their weapons out of their holster if they were just fireworks,” Gadsden asked. “The information we have now is basically fireworks and shot and there has to be more to the story … Especially in the case of a police shooting, there has to be a press conference and the mayor and public safety director must explain what exactly happened.”

Anyone with information on the shooting is asked to call the Prosecutor’s Office at 201-915-1345.