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Gunfire Strikes Building Near Downtown Newark Park

Newark

Repeated shooting instances continue to rear its ugliness in a park's vicinity with another shooting that had property damage in Downtown Newark. 

Police recovered live rifle rounds at the scene of the shooting in the 80's block of Lincoln Park shortly before 2:40 a.m. 

When Newark officers arrived at the scene, they taped off the area after they found several shell casings and a building struck by bullets. 

Police searched the building and the park's vicinity but did not locate any victims. 

Newark Police have not released the motive behind the Saturday morning shooting at Lincoln Park, the second incident in under a week.   

 

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