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EMS Rush Newark Shooting Victim to University Hospital

Newark

"He was still talking and aware when they took him away" is what a resident said about a male victim that was rushed to University Hospital after being struck at least two times by gunfire this afternoon in Newark's West Ward. 

Several police units already on patrol in the area enclosed on the teens block of Brookdale Ave.  where they found the victim injured at around 11:30 a.m. 

A slim black male with dreads was seen fleeing the area. 

The investigation is being handled by Newark Police. 

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