Four women shot near Bostwick Avenue in Jersey City

JERSEY CITY — Five people were arrested in connection with a May 10 shooting on Bostwick Avenue in which four women were shot.
“Police responded immediately to the scene and witnessed a handgun being tossed from a fleeing vehicle, as well the discarding of another handgun from a separate vehicle in the area. Both handguns were recovered and five individuals were arrested on multiple weapons offenses. The Cease-Fire Unit continues to investigate and additional charges are pending,” said Jersey City spokeswoman Jennifer Morrill.
One of the victims was from Bayonne, three others were from Jersey City. All were near Bostwick and Martin Luther King Drive around 11 p.m. when they were shot.
Police said they were dispatched to the area on report of multiple gunshot victims, and met the first woman, who had been shot in the leg. The 42-year-old Bayonne woman was brought to Jersey City Medical Center where she was treated for a a wound to right hamstring area.
A second woman, 19, who had been shot in the right shoulder, approached the police a short time later. She was also taken to JCMC.
A third victim was carried by a friend directly to the hospital. She was wounded in the left foot and in the area of the pelvis.
Arrested were Decota Chisolm and Robert Warren, both 22, and Steven Howard and Hassan McNair, both 18, and a 17-year-old, all of Jersey City.
There were charged with weapons related crimes.