Union County homicide detectives are investigating a shooting that occurred last night on Westfield Avenue in Rahway, according to the prosecutor's office.
Gunfire erupted shortly before 10:30 p.m. in the area of Westfield Avenue and Kline Place sending police units to the scene where they found a male victim shot and seriously injured.
EMS transported the victim to University Hospital in Newark, where he succumbed to his injuries this morning.
The identity of the victim is being withheld at this time.
The shooting remains under investigation.