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Gunfire Strikes Car in Newark's West Ward

Newark

Police in Newark are on an active search for a suspect who fired multiple rounds on a street in the city's West Ward on Monday evening.

According to authorities, reports of shots fired sent officers to the 30's block of Brookdale Avenue at approximately 9:30 p.m. where arriving police units taped off the area after locating evidence that a shooting occurred.

Police searched the area and did not find any injured victims but officers canvassing the scene noticed a car struck by a bullet and multiple shell casings on the ground at that location.

The motive for the shooting remains under investigation.

The suspect remains at-large.

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