By: Jackie Amorine
Police in Newark are looking for a gunman responsible for a shooting outside a regional medical center in the Central Ward Monday afternoon.
Officers responded to reports of shots fired near the intersection of Bergen Street and 12th Avenue around 2:35 p.m.
Police arrived and found evidence that a shooting had occurred and a vehicle had been struck by at least one bullet at that location. Units canvassing the scene also found shell casings near the IHop located at 109 Bergen Street.
The shooting forced police to temporarily shut down traffic on Bergen Street at Fairmont Avenue for the investigation.
No injuries were reported.