A male gunshot victim suffered severe injuries after being shot multiple times in Newark's lower West Ward on Thursday.
It happened around 9 p.m. near 188 Fairmount Avenue.
Police and EMS responded to reports of shots fired near University Hospital and when they arrived, officers found the male victim struck three times by bullets.
The unidentified male was rushed -the short distance- to the emergency room, where doctors treated his wounds.
Police have not announced an arrest in the shooting.