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BREAKING NEWARK NJ: Man Fatally Shot in Newark's South Ward

Newark

Police are on the search for a suspect who is wanted for a broad daylight shooting on a Newark South Ward Street this afternoon.

According to preliminary reports, reports of shots fired sent police to the 600 block of Hunterdon Street just before 1:30 p.m. where officers arrived to find a male victim struck by gunfire at that location.

EMS rushed the 22-year-old male to University Hospital where he died of his injuries.

Police setup a crime scene where they searched the area for evidence to support a motive.

The suspect fled the scene in a green colored Dodge Durango.

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