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Early Morning Shooting Under Investigation in Newark's Central Ward

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By: Tracie Carter 

No arrests were reported in a shots-fired incident in Newark's Central Ward Sunday morning. 

According to a preliminary investigation, a ShotSpotter device activated and alerted police of a shooting in the area of 250 West Kinney Street around 1:15 a.m. 

Officers arrived and alerted local medical centers to look for walk-in gunshot victims.

Police canvassed the neighborhood and found nearly a dozen shell casings, but no injuries were reported after their search. 

The suspect fled the scene and is at large. 

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