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Gunfire Erupts Near University Hospital in Newark

Newark

Authorities are investigating a shooting incident that happened near a regional medical center in Newark on Sunday night.

Gunfire rang out in the vicinity of 70 block of the Bergen Street side of University Hospital around 9:50 p.m., prompting a police investigation at the scene. 

Units arrived and found shell casings near Cabinet Street, but no victims were at the scene and authorities did not report hospital walk-in casualties. 

Newark Major Crimes division arrived on the scene and assisted in the investigation.

The suspect has not been captured at this time. 

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