Residents in the vicinity of 57 4th Street in Newark and portions of East Orange reported loud bangs and possible explosions that occurred in their neighborhood just before 4 a.m.
Police arrived at the scene and began to investigate but found that the noise was due to Federal ATF agents conducting community safety search warrants using flash-bang devices during their operation.
No shell casings were located during the officer's search of the affected areas that residents made the complaints.