The Essex County Prosecutor’s office is making its way to the scene of a shooting with a male victim dead in a section of Newark’s Central Ward.
According to police, at approximately 5:30 p.m., a moving gun battle between males initiated in the 600 block of Martin Luther King Boulevard.
When the gunfire ended, a male victim was struck in the head by bullets and pronounced dead near 671 MLK Boulevard.
Police arrived and found over two dozen shell casings.
According to authorities, the suspects fled the scene and remained at large.
There are no other victims reported at this time.