Authorities in Newark has confirmed that a man shot on a Newark South Ward Street has died.
According to police, gunfire rang out in the 200 block of West Runyon Street Saturday afternoon at around 2:30 p.m. sending police to the scene where first responding officers found the victim suffering a gunshot wound to the chest.
EMS rushed the victim to University Hospital where doctors reportedly pronounced him dead during the overnight to early morning hours according to authorities.
The investigation now falls into the hands of detectives from the Essex County Prosecutor's Office.
The suspect remains at-large.