A violent night of shootings that erupted in the city left a total of five people shot, two fatally.
Authorities said, shortly before 9 p.m. in the 700 block of South 20th Street, several gun blast rang out sending police to the scene where a male victim was found laying on the sidewalk, shot in the head at that location. The man was pronounced dead at the scene. Police conducted a crime and a search for the suspect/s responsible.
Shortly before midnight on South Orange Ave. and 9th Street in the city, multiple rounds of gunfire struck struck four people at the Oasis Bar in close proximity to the Newark Firehouse.
Police arrived to the chaotic scene a short time later, shutting down the bar for an intense investigation. One of the victims died at the scene. Three others were transported to University Hospital with serious injuries.
The Essex County Prosecutor's Office are working both incidents and will have additional information later this morning.