Newark Police alerted medical centers in the region to look out for potential walk-in gunshot victims after a shots-fired incident in the city's West Ward.
The early morning shooting happened around 3:30 a.m. in the 500 block of 13th Avenue near South 18th Street.
Units arrived and canvassed the area for victims, but no injuries were immediately reported.
Officers recovered at least on shell casings in close proximity to Fairmount Cemetary.
The motive for the shooting is under investigation and the suspect fled the scene and is at large.