The Essex County Prosecutor’s Office will handle the investigation into a shooting that had one person killed and another wounded in Irvington Township this afternoon.
It happened at around 1 p.m. where police officials say a gunman produced a weapon and opened fire on two male in the 100 block of Isabella Avenue.
One of the males was pronounced dead at the scene while the other was rushed to University Hospital suffering serious injuries.
The motive for the shooting remains under investigation.
The shooting comes at a time where Irvington Township residents are seeing record-setting drops in homicides and violent crimes in the past two years.