Police are on the scene of shots fired with a male down inside a restaurant in Newark at this time.
Details are developing, but according to preliminary reports, police responded to reports of shots fired that rang out in the 800 block of Frelinghuysen Avenue just before 7:15 p.m.
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Upon their arrival, officers canvassed the scene and found a male victim suffering gunshot wounds to the back inside the Popeyes.
It is not immediately clear if the man was shot inside the restaurant or if he ran in off the streets.
Police found one vehicle near the restaurant penetrated by bullets.
A red Jeep Liberty older model, occupied by several black males, fled the scene towards Elizabeth.
Avoid the area for the investigation.
**UPDATE: 7:22 pm** EMS transported victim to the hospital at this time.
**UPDATE: 7:46** pm Unoccupied vehicle found in Newark's South Ward
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