Police set up a crime scene in the vicinity of 81 South 13th Street as police canvassed the neighborhood for shell casings after a gunshot victim was dropped off at University Hospital Thursday evening.
According to preliminary reports, officials at the hospital contacted police when a male entered the emergency department suffering an apparent bullet wound.
Doctors began treating the unidentified male and did not immediately report life-threatening injuries.
The victim said he was in the area of North 9th and 13th when gunfire rang out then struck him. There was no reported mention of a suspect description.
Newark Police officials are investigating the motive behind the shooting.