A shooting that left a man with severe injuries overnight in Elizabeth has authorities investigating.
Details regarding the incident are pending a police information request, but according to preliminary reports, police responded to reports of shots fired that rang out in the 600 block of Franklin Street just before 2 a.m. where officers arrived at the scene and found a male victim suffering a gunshot wound to the head.
EMS rushed the victim to University Hospital in Newark where his condition was only reported as severe as of 3:30 a.m.
Police set up a crime scene and are continuing to investigate a motive for the shooting
There were no arrests immediately reported.