By: Jeff Sommes
Local and county detectives in Essex County are investigating the circumstances behind a shooting that left a person severely injured in Newark's South Ward Tuesday afternoon.
Police responded to reports of shots fired in the area of 52 Seymour Avenue shortly before 4:30 p.m.
Several police officers arrived and found a crime scene but the victim was transported to University Hospital for treatment and listed in critical condition.
The motive for the shooting has not been determined.