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Gunmen Spray Newark West Ward Community with Multiple Bullets

Newark

Police in Newark are looking for suspects wanted for a shots-fired incident in the city's West Ward on Friday night. 

Officers responded to reports of gunfire in the vicinity of South 17th Street and South Orange Avenue around 9 p.m. 

Units arrived and found multiple shell casings, but after canvassing the neighborhood, no victims were located. 

Officers notified hospitals in the region to look out for potential walk-in gunshot victims. 

The suspects fled the scene and have not been captured at this time. 

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