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DEVELOPING: University Hospital Walk-in Victim Shot in Newark’s West Ward

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Police in Newark have a crime scene established just at the border of Irvington Township as officers look into the motive for the shooting that injured a man this evening in that section of the city. 

According to police, officials at University Hospitals notified police when a gunshot victim entered the emergency department around 7:19 p.m. 

Around the same time, a resident in the 800 block of 18th Avenue reported to police that she found blood on her parked car and the windows shot out. 

After an investigation, police linked the two situations and determined shooters fired at the victim near Melrose Place. 

It is not clear how the victim arrived at the hospital at this time. His condition has not been confirmed. 

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