Police in Newark were on the scene of a shooting with two victims injured in Newark's South Ward at this time.
Officials said the NJ Transit bus was not the target of gunfire and one of the vehicles involved in the shootout struck the bus on the front end at the curbside. No bullets struck the bus.
Preliminary information at the scene indicated that at approximately 4:40 a.m., residents in Newark and Hillside notified their departments of several rounds of gunfire near Lyons Avenue.
When officers from both municipalities checked their sides of the border, Newark Police came across a blood-scattered and bullet-riddled car near 347 Lyons Avenue and the driver of one of the cars slammed into the NJ transit bus.
Officers securing the area found two victims suffering bullet wounds, but their conditions were reported as non-fatal. Both individuals were rushed to University Hospital under police guard.
A witness at the scene told RLS Media that the bus driver attempted to safely maneuver around suspects who repeatedly fired weapons from a vehicle and into another car.
Stuck in the middle of the violent exchange, the witness said the quick-thinking bus driver pulled over to the side when both cars driving the wrong way on Lyons Avenue engaged in repeated gunfire.
Fifteen passengers were walked -by emergency responders- the short distance to Beth Israel Hospital, where medical professionals observed. No injuries were confirmed according to NJ Transit.
The suspects reportedly fled the scene and remained at large.
The motive for the shooting is under investigation.