A person was shot dead overnight in Jersey City, the Hudson County Prosecutor's Office confirmed this morning.

A person was shot on Grand Street near Gateway Field and the New Jersey Turnpike Hudson County Extension around midnight Thursday, according to police radio transmissions.

This morning Hudson County Prosecutor's Office spokesman Ray Worrall confirmed a homicide, but no other details were immediately available, he said. The homicide is the 25th this year in Hudson County and the 21st in Jersey City.