There is an active search for the suspect who unloaded multiple rounds of bullets on the street in Newark's West Ward overnight.
According to preliminary reports, police were called to the 300 block of Sanford Avenue at around midnight after residents dialed 911 when they heard what appeared to sound like shots fired.
Fast responding Newark Police officers arrived to find evidence that a shooting occurred, but after they searched the area, there were no reports of injuries.
Police located just under a half dozen shell casings reports said.
The suspect fled the scene before police arrived at the scene.