EMS transported a male victim to University Hospital after a shooting left him injured in Newark's West Ward this evening.
Multiple rounds of gunfire rang out in the 20's block of Abbotsford Avenue just before 6:30 p.m. sending police to the scene where they found the man suffering a gunshot wound to the head.
According to preliminary reports, two male suspects approached the male than fired a shot at him before they ran away from the scene towards East Orange.
Police located shell casings at the scene of the shooting.
The motive for the shooting remains under investigation.
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