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Gunfire Strikes Man in Orange

Newark

A shooting that sent a man to the hospital in Orange has police investigating.

Multiple rounds of gunfire erupted on North Center Street at around 7:30 p.m. sending police to the scene where officers found the victim suffering gunshot injuries.

EMS rushed the victim to University Hospital in Newark with non-life threatening gunshot wounds to the legs.

Residents sought cover inside homes while the shooter unloaded more than a half dozen rounds of gunfire at the victim according to reports.

The suspect remains at-large.

The motive for the shooting is under investigation.