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Critical Injuries for Man Shot in Newark's West Ward

Newark

Police are on the scene of shots fired with a man down in the city's West Ward at this time.

Reports of shots fired sent police to the 900 block of South Orange Avenue where arriving units found a male victim shot in the back at that locations.

There is a crime scene established and an investigation underway.

UPDATE 9:47 p.m. Pronounced dead at the scene.

Avoid the area for the police investigation.