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BREAKING NEWARK NJ: Injuries Reported in Newark South Ward Shooting

Newark

If you are headed out to work or school, please avoid the area of Hunterdon Street and Lehigh Avenue as police have established a crime scene in the area to investigate a shooting that caused injuries this morning.

Details are developing, but according to preliminary reports, two gunmen arrived in the area before 6 a.m. and began to fire shots at individuals sitting on a porch, striking at least one of the victims.

The victim was transported to University Hospital in an unknown condition by private vehicle reports said.

The suspects, only described as "one older man and a younger man" fled the scene after the shooting.

The investigation is active and ongoing.

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