UPDATE 7:22 pm (Suspect Dies)
Newark Public Safety Director Anthony F. Ambrose reports that Newark police officers shot a suspect who fired at shotgun at them shortly after 5pm.
Police were dispatched to a building located at the intersection of Hunterdon Street and Custer Avenue on reports of a suspect with a shotgun with the caller providing a detailed description of the suspect.
Authorities said while arriving at the building, the officers shot the suspect after he fired the shotgun at them and missed.
The suspect was transported to University Hospital where he is being treated for life threatening injuries.
Police located a victim who stated the suspect pointed the shotgun at them prior to the arrival of the police.
This incident is being investigated by the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office.