Police taped off a neighborhood on the city's north side and collected just under a dozen shell casings this afternoon in Newark.
A gunman fired multiple rounds of bullets in the direction of a male in the vicinity of 7th Avenue and North 12th Street around 1:07 p.m.
When officers arrived, they found two vehicles struck by bullets and about nine shell casings, but no victims were located.
While police investigated the scene, officials at University Hospitals notified them that a person suffering bullet wounds had entered the emergency room.
The condition of the victim could not be confirmed.
No other victims were reported.