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Juveniles on Electric Scooters Fire Multiple Shots in Newark's Central Ward

Newark

Police reported no injuries in a shots-fired incident in Newark's Central Ward on Monday evening. 

According to a preliminary investigation, at approximately 6:15 p.m., police responded to reports of shots fired in the 50's block of Jones Street.  

Arriving officers taped off a parking lot after locating several shell casings, but no victims were found after canvassing the area. 

Police checked around the New Community Housing development for two black male suspects -believed to be juveniles- who sped from the scene on electric scooters. 

The suspects remain at large.

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