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Flying Bullets Strike Car on Springfield Avenue in Newark

Newark

There were no injuries immediately reported in a shooting incident that occurred in a Newark Central Ward neighborhood on Saturday afternoon. 

According to police, a ShotSpotter activation alerted police of gunfire that rang out in the vicinity of Springfield Avene and Mercer Street around 4:30 p.m. 

Police say officers arrived and found multiple shell casings and a car struck by bullets at that location. 

According to police, no one inside the car was injured and the suspects fled the scene and remain at-large. 

The incident is under investigation. 

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