On Saturday morning, a man suffered severe injuries after being stabbed and found near a school in Newark's South Ward.
It happened around 9:20 a.m. in the vicinity of 47 Miller Street on the side of Miller Street School.
Police rushed to the scene after receiving reports of a fight in progress.
According to a preliminary investigation, when officers arrived, they found the victim bleeding heavily from his back after being stabbed by an unidentified person.
The injured was rushed to University Hospital in critical condition.
According to residents, a security officer held a potential suspect at gunpoint until Newark Police arrived at the scene.