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DEVELOPING NEWARK: Double Shooting Reported in Newark’s West Ward

Newark

There is a large crime scene established in Newark’s upper West Ward as police investigate a shooting with two people injured at this time.

This is what's coming into us preliminarily, at approximately 8:30 p.m., multiple rounds of gunfire rang out in the 90’s block of North Munn sending about a dozen police officers to the scene where they found a male victim unconscious suffering bullet wounds, multiple shell casings and blood in the area.

The victim’s injuries are reported to be life-threatening at this time.

At around 8:45 p.m., Rutgers Police contacted Newark Police when a gunshot victim entered University Hospital According to reports.

The walk-in victim reportedly arrived in a private vehicle as he told police that his injury occurred on North Munn.

The motive into the shooting is in the early stages of the investigation and the suspect/s remain at-large.

AVOID THE AREA FOR THE POLICE INVESTIGATION.

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