There were severe injuries reported in a shooting incident that sent three people to the hospital just inside Newark's Central Ward Thursday.
Newark Police Officials told RLS Media’s morning crew the late-night shooting happened around 11:10 p.m. in the 80's block of Cabinet Street.
Police say shooters began firing multiple rounds in the area that struck two adults and a child at that location.
Police say a 2-year-old boy suffered a bullet wound in her chest and an adult male was struck by gunfire in his stomach. According to police, a third victim was found suffering non-life threatening injuries.
Detectives set up a crime scene where they found shell casings around a shopping center on Cabinet Street near the back end of Rutgers Medical School.
The suspects have not been captured at this time.
UPDATE: Newark Police changed the victim’s age from 4-years-old to two.