Police in Elizabeth are investigating a shooting that sent one person to the hospital Saturday afternoon.
According to a preliminary investigation, gunfire erupted from a moving vehicle in the 200 block of 3rd Street at approximately 4 p.m. sending a large police presence to the scene where they taped off the entrance to a laundromat and stood guard around one other business after the victim was found suffering a gunshot wound.
The victim was transported to the hospital in an unknown condition and was said by witnesses to be a teenaged girl.
Elizabeth Police has not confirmed the age, identity, or gender of the victim at this time.
**EPD UPDATE 8:10pm: Spokesperson Kelly Martins said the victim is a 35-year-old woman -bystander- at University Hospital Newark in serious but stable condition. Spokesperson Martins said the victim was a bystander who was shot when two males fired three shots. No arrests reported**
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