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Early Morning Shooting Injures Male in Newark's South Ward

Newark

Police in Newark are investigating a shots-fired incident that caused minor injuries to a male in the city's South Ward on Friday morning.

According to police, at approximately 8:55 a.m., police responded to reports of shots fired that rang out in the vicinity of 198 Seymour Avenue.

Units arrived at the scene reportedly found an uncooperative male victim suffering a gunshot graze wound on his face at that location.

Police say suspects pulled in the area in a blue Jeep and began to fire shots in the community before speeding away from the scene towards Hawthorne Avenue.

The suspects remain at-large.

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