Police are into the motive behind a shooting that injured a male on Newark's South Ward Saturday morning.
According to preliminary reports, at approximately 4 a.m., police responded to reports of shots fired that rang out in the vicinity of Aldine and Goldsmith Avenue.
Units arrived and found the victim suffering a bullet wound in his thigh, according to police.
The unidentified male was transported to University Hospital and is expected to survive.
There were no arrests and no other injuries reported.