Newark Police are looking into the motive behind an early morning shooting that injured a person in the city’s South Ward Sunday morning.
Police say at approximately 3:40 a.m., they responded to the vicinity of 340 Lyons Avenue after gunfire erupted in the South Ward community.
Upon arrival, police found shell casings then followed a blood trail where they gained entry into a building where they found a pool of blood but no victims.
At approximately 3:45 a.m., officials at University Hospital notified police that a gunshot victim arrived in the emergency room.
The extent of the victim's injuries could not immediately be confirmed.
Police reported no arrests in the incident.