By: Richard L. Smith
The Essex County Sheriff’s Department is on the scene investigating a shooting inside a park in Newark’s South Ward.
Police raced to the scene of shots fired on the Elizabeth Avenue side of Weequahic Park around 4:40 p.m.
When sheriff’s officers arrived, they found shell casings on the basketball court and a male suffering a non-fatal gunshot wound to his leg.
The individual was transported to University Hospital for treatment while police searched for additional victims.
No other injuries were reported and the suspect remains at large.