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Gunman Fires Shots from Vehicle on Jones Street in Newark

Newark

Police in Newark are on the search for a gunman who fired in a Central Ward neighborhood this afternoon.

Police say just before 3 p.m., police responded to reports of shots fired at the intersection of Jones Street and Springfield Avenue. 

Units arrived and taped off a portion of Jones Street northbound at Springfield Avenue after finding shell casings, but a search of the area indicated no victims. 

Police began to follow a black 2020 BMW that was reportedly involved in the shooting but lost the car in the westbound lanes of I-78 just past Irvine Turner Boulevard. 

The suspect remains at large. 

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