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Woman Found Shot in her Neck in Newark

Newark

Police are investigating a shooting that injured a woman in Newark's South Ward on Monday morning. 

At approximately 2:15 a.m., police responded to reports of shots fired near 426 Jeliff Avenue. 

Officers arrived and found a woman suffering a bullet wound in her neck inside a vehicle. 

The unidentified victim was rushed to University Hospital for treatment while police alerted other hospitals in the region to be on the lookout for potential walk-in gunshot victims. 

The motive for the shooting remains under investigation, and the suspect is at large. 

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