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A 17-year-old Jersey City boy was arrested after witnesses say he fired shots outside their home after a fight over an Instagram account. Terrence T. McDonald | The Jersey Journal

JERSEY CITY -- A dispute between two teens over an Instagram account ended in gunfire on Clerk Street early yesterday morning.

The shots rang out at about 3:30 a.m., following an argument between a 16-year-old girl and a 17-year-old boy outside the girl's home, according to a police report.

The boy wanted the girl to give him the password to her Instagram account, according to police.

After the girl's mother, 35, began arguing with the boy, he showed them he had a silver handgun, the report says.

The family ran into the house and then heard several shots outside, the report says. The boy then fled, they told police.

Police officers who arrived on the scene later found empty shell casings in front of the home. No one was injured.

The 17-year-old, who the city is not identifying because he is a minor, was arrested at about noon yesterday for making terroristic threats, aggravated assault for knowingly pointing a firearm and three other weapons charges. He lives on Stevens Avenue.

An earlier version of this story should have said the initial argument occurred at about 3:30 a.m.

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