JERSEY CITY - A 12-year-old child was among four people injured in a shooting on Wilkinson Avenue Sunday night, multiple sources said.

The shooting was reported at about 9 p.m. outside a home between Ocean Avenue and Martin Luther King Drive.

Police sources say the 12-year-old victim was shot in the stomach. Two other victims were shot in the arm and stomach. A short time later, a fourth victim arrived at Jersey City Medical Center with a gunshot wound to his upper arm, sources said.

At least one of the victims was rushed into surgery, but none of the injuries appeared to be life threatening as of Sunday night, the sources said. All victims are believed to be under 25 years old, with a second child possibly among those injured.

Residents who live near the shooting say the neighborhood is crippled with gun violence. Many said the sounds of gunshots mixed with fireworks residents were setting off.

"This (expletive) needs to stop," one woman said. "All I know is I was sitting on my porch, I thought it was fireworks. That's all I heard, next thing I know I see all the kids running."

Hessie William, who organizes Mothers in Pain, said the past few nights Wilkinson Avenue has been a hot spot. There have been multiple reports of shots fired and shooters are hiding in the narrow alleyways in the neighborhood.

"When is somebody going to do something, this is sad," she said. "Four days in a row, this area should have been patrolled."

Another woman, who only identified herself as a 63-year-old resident, said she feels as though the neighborhood is being neglected. With an election upcoming, city officials need to do more to curb violence plaguing Ward F, she said.

"I'm getting out of here," the lifelong resident said. "I'm moving."

A city spokeswoman could not be reached for comment.

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