Teen shoots mother in apartment, Jersey City NJ


A 16-year-old male called police and said he shot his mother inside Apartment 5 at 218 Terrace Avenue. The caller said the mother was on the living room floor and he remained at the scene with a firearm. Dispatchers discuss sending units and checking the location.
Audio|Source: Jersey City Police
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Transcript:
North one, north five. One. Five. So you start making your way over to 218 Terrace Avenue. It's going to be apartment five. Caller states that him and his mother were having some type of argument. He got mad and shot her. He said he shot her in the head and the chest. His mom's on the living room floor. Do you have anything else on that call? Is there any other information? Negative. That's all we have right now. The call-taker is still on the line with the male. Can you run a history on that location, please, and the phone number? All right. He's stating that the defendant is laying next to him on his bed, I guess, is laying on his head now. We do that noise charging have all units standby. Notify your issue. Yes, you switch the three. And coming back on the history track. Yes, you switch to three. Go ahead. Just notify the boss, I'm a negotiator. Okay. Calling you for three. Yeah, ESQ, can you start making your way over to 16 Terrace Avenue? You had a male who called up fitting guns onto an argument with his mom and shot her from the floor. He has a gun line not coming to bed. 218 Terrace, receipt. Correct. And from the caller, she's stating that this male is stating that he's 16 years old. The caller is the 16-year-old male? Correct. North East Lieutenant, as a check, we didn't get any other calls for the location anywhere near there for noise complaint or sounds of shots fired, anything like that? Block negative and nothing on the history. Shout to. If you can have that tow come eastbound over the bridge, I'll be sitting here in my light town, I can't square them down. We're going to block off Terrace going northbound from Bleaker. Between Bleaker and North.
North one, north five. One. Five. So you start making your way over to 218 Terrace Avenue. It's going to be apartment five. Caller states that him and his mother were having some type of argument. He got mad and shot her. He said he shot her in the head and the chest. His mom's on the living room floor. Do you have anything else on that call? Is there any other information? Negative. That's all we have right now. The call-taker is still on the line with the male. Can you run a history on that location, please, and the phone number? All right. He's stating that the defendant is laying next to him on his bed, I guess, is laying on his head now. We do that noise charging have all units standby. Notify your issue. Yes, you switch the three. And coming back on the history track. Yes, you switch to three. Go ahead. Just notify the boss, I'm a negotiator. Okay. Calling you for three. Yeah, ESQ, can you start making your way over to 16 Terrace Avenue? You had a male who called up fitting guns onto an argument with his mom and shot her from the floor. He has a gun line not coming to bed. 218 Terrace, receipt. Correct. And from the caller, she's stating that this male is stating that he's 16 years old. The caller is the 16-year-old male? Correct. North East Lieutenant, as a check, we didn't get any other calls for the location anywhere near there for noise complaint or sounds of shots fired, anything like that? Block negative and nothing on the history. Shout to. If you can have that tow come eastbound over the bridge, I'll be sitting here in my light town, I can't square them down. We're going to block off Terrace going northbound from Bleaker. Between Bleaker and North.
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Near Terrace Ave, Jersey City, NJ 07307
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