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UPDATE: Male Injured in Newark Central Ward Shooting

Newark

By: Tracie Carter 

Newark Police are looking for suspects responsible for a shooting that injured a male in Newark's Central Ward Friday night. 

At approximately 8:45 p.m., police responded to reports of shots fired in the vicinity of 259 Irvine Turner Boulevard. 

When cops arrived, they found evidence of a shooting and several witnesses reported seeing two potential victims speed away in a car. 

While police checked the crime scene, officials at University Hospital notified officials that a male victim entered the emergency room suffering gunshot wounds. 

Officers located multi-shell casings at the scene of the shooting and in the 500 block of Bergen Street. 

No arrests have been reported and the victim's injuries were reportedly non-fatal. 

 

 

 

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