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Man Injured in Newark's South Ward Shooting

Newark New Jersey

Heavy early morning police activity in the 300 block of Badger Ave. had officers investigating a shooting that left a man seriously injured.

Multiple rounds of gunfire rang out in the South Ward neighborhood shortly before 2 a.m. sending units to the scene where authorities located a male victim suffering serious injury from the shooting. 

The conscious and alert  victim was rushed to University Hospital where he was reported to be in serious condition. 

Police setup a crime scene where they collected several shell casings and other evidence but there was no information on a suspect. 

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