EMS units are transporting a gunshot victim to University Hospital after a shooting in Newark this afternoon.
A preliminary investigation indicated that at approximately 1:40 p.m., Newark Police responded to reports of shots fired near 37 Crawford Street.
Officers arrived and found a male victim suffering gunshot wound wounds at that location.
Police taped off the area and searched for additional victims, but no other injuries were reported.
The suspect fled the scene and has not been captured.
The motive for the shooting is under investigation.
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