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Gunshot Victim Enters Newark South Ward Hospital

Newark

Police in Newark are attempting to find the location where a male was shot after he entered a city hospital seeking treatment for his wound overnight.

According to police, at approximately 2:10 a.m., officials at Beth Israel Hospital contacted police when a gunshot victim entered the emergency room suffering a bullet wound in the leg.

Doctors treated the injury that was considered non-life threatening.

The motive for the shooting and where the incident occurred is under investigation.