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Gunfire Erupts Near Fairmont Cemetery in Newark

Newark

A shooting near a Newark West Ward graveyard is under investigation by police. 

Police notified hospitals in the region to be on the lookout for potential walk-in gunshot victims after bullets rang out in the area of 11th Avenue West and South 12th Street around 1:05 a.m. 

Units arrived at the scene and found evidence that a shooting occurred, but after officers searched the area around the Fairmont Cemetary, no victims were found. 

Newark Police major crime units were requested to the scene to assist in the investigation. 

Several shell casings marked the scene of the crime, but the suspect fled the area and is at large. 

No injuries were reported. 

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