A male victim suffering a serious head injury as the result of a violent assault in the city's South Ward has Police in Newark investigating.
Police responded to initial reports of shots fired that happened in the 700 block of Bergen Street at around 6:30 p.m.
Units arrived to the scene a short time later to locate a male victim suffering a serious head injury in what appeared to be a gunshot wound to the head.
EMS arrived to the scene where they transported the victim to University Hospital where medical staff concluded that the victim was not shot but suffered injury from an apparent assault from a blunt object.
An initial investigation from the scene indicated that the vicim was attacked by a a male suspect who struck him in the head causing the gun to fire at least round.
Police setup a crime scene in the area where they searched for a shell casing.
There were no reports of arrests made.