Police are investigating a shooting that left a male victim suffering serious injuries late last night in the city.
Officials at the University Hospital contacted police when the victim entered the hospital's emergency department shortly before 11 p.m. suffering a gunshot injury to the upper torso according to reports.
The victim reported to police that he was shot in the area of Silver Street and Stuyvesant Avenue shortly before arriving to the hospital.
Several police units canvassing the the scene located evidence that a shooting had occurred in the 20's block of River Street reports said.
The extent of the victim's injuries were reported as serious.
The motive for the shooting is under investigation.