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BREAKING: Severe Injuries Reported in Drive-by Double Shooting in Carteret

Carteret

Medical personnel are on the scene administering CPR on a person struck by bullets during a drive-by shooting in Carteret this afternoon. 

Police units rushed to the vicinity of 15 Lincoln Avenue after learning that gunfire had erupted in the area around 1:05 p.m. 

Officers arrived and found two victims shot at that location. 

Police say bullets hit one of the victims in the head while  the other person was shot in the hip. 

Police have the area on lockdown while police search for possible additional victims.  The suspect sped from the scene in the vehicle. 

Avoid the area for the investigation. 

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