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Overnight Shootings in Elizabeth Injures Several

Elizabeth

A late night shooting near a gas station on Rt. 1 at Olive Street, has police on the search for a black male wearing a black hoodie and dark colored jeans that fired several rounds, reportedly striking at least two people at the scene before fleeing in a dark colored vehicle possibly resembling a Honda Civic. 

EMS rushed the victims to the  hospital around midnight where the victim's injuries are unknown at this time. 

In another shooting incident in the city, police responded to shots fired near Monroe and Julia Street where one person was taken to the hospital with a non-life threatening injury after being found shot at that location. It is unclear of the incidents are related. 

Police are investigating. 

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