JERSEY CITY — Authorities say a 22-year-old was shot in the foot on the New Jersey City University campus early Saturday morning, leading to a new policy that bars visitors from the university’s three dorms.

It's not clear yet whether the victim shot himself in the foot or was shot by one of two people he was with, according to city spokeswoman Kimberly Wallace-Scalcione.

It appears the investigation began with what authorities believe now was a false report by the victim that he was shot during an armed robbery attempt. Evidence recovered at the scene indicates the victim was accidentally shot in the foot in a room in the West Campus Village dorm, according to NJCU spokeswoman Sherrie A. Madia.

Madia said the incident led the campus to issue the change in policy on dorm visitors. Until further notice, no visitors will be allowed in the Co-Op, Vodra and West Campus Village dorms and any student violating that policy will be removed from campus for the rest of the semester, Madia said.

NJCU student Analisse Ortiz criticized the new policy to The Gothic Times, NJCU’s student newspaper.

“I pay over $5,000 to dorm and I can’t even have a fellow NJCU student over,” Ortiz told the paper. “And we were promised the safest campus in New Jersey. If it’s so safe, why can’t I have another student over [in] my room?”

NJCU’s enrollment is roughly 8,200 students.

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