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DEVELOPING NEWARK NJ: Male Shot in Newark’s West Ward

Newark

Police have a crime scene established in the vicinity of 16th Street and 14th Avenue as investigators search the area for a suspect wanted for a shooting that injured a male this evening.

According to police, gunfire rang out at around 5:30 p.m. sending officers to the scene where they found the victim suffering a bullet wound in his leg.

The victim was rushed to University Hospital in stable condition.

The suspect fled the scene and remains at-large.

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