Police are on the scene of a double shooting in Newark’s East Ward at this time.
Gunfire rang out in the vicinity of McCarter Highway and Pennington Street just before 2:45 pm sending police to the scene where they began an investigation.
Officers at the scene were informed that a vehicle sped away carrying two victims suffering gunshot wounds.
The vehicle -with the victims- made it to University Hospital and are now being treated by doctors.
One of the victims suffered a gunshot wound while the other was grazed by a bullet according to preliminary reports.
The investigation is active and ongoing.
The suspects remain at-large.