Authorities are investigating a shooting that left a man injured near a school in Newark this afternoon.
Gunfire rang out in the 40's block of Hayes Street at around 1 p.m. sending police to the scene where they joined with school officials at New Horizon Charter School for a lockdown of the facility while officers searched the neighborhood for victims.
A male victim was rushed to University Hospital suffering critical injuries according to officials.
Police set up a crime scene where they collected evidence, and shell casings officials said.
There were no injuries to staff and students at the school.
The suspect remains at-large.
NPD UPDATE 5:47 pm The victim is in stable condition.