JERSEY CITY, New Jersey (WABC) -- An investigation is underway after a gunman fired shots and struck police vehicles in Jersey City on Friday, according to officials.

Hudson County officials say Jersey City Police officers came under fire while driving marked police cars southbound on JFK Boulevard near Clinton Avenue around 1:20 p.m.

They say an armed male fired multiple shots, which struck both police vehicles.

While under fire, sources told Eyewitness News that one Jersey City Police sergeant exited the vehicle, engaged the gunman and returned fire.

According to sources, the suspect randomly opened fire on four officers in two separate marked police vehicles. They were not looking for him and did not engage him before the gunman shot at them, striking their police vehicle several t

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