Newark Police are investigating a shooting in the city's West Ward that left a 16-year-old injured this afternoon.
Gunfire rang out at around 2 p.m. on South Orange Ave. near South 18th Street sending police to the scene where they found the girl suffering a minor graze wound from a pellet gun. The girl was injured while reportedly walking to the store with her mother.
Police are looking or a red Jeep Cherokee last seen fleeing the area after the shooting.
The girl was taken to University Hospital where she is being treated.