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Jersey City police car

(JOURNAL FILE PHOTO)

Jersey City Mayor Steve Fulop has scheduled a news conference outside of the Jersey City Medical Center this morning.

The conference comes in the wake of Breaking News Network reports of police radio dispatches indicating a city police officer was shot in the line of duty outside of the Walgreens at Kennedy Boulevard and Communipaw Avenue.

Later dispatches said the officer succumbed.

Check back for more information as it becomes available.