The Essex County Prosecutors Office is investigating a fatal shooting that left a man dead overnight in Newark.
According to preliminary reports, officials at Beth Israel Hospitals notified police when a bloodied man arrived at the emergency room suffering multiple bullet wounds around midnight.
The unidentified man was pronounced dead by medical personnel a short time later.
Police checked a location on Vassar Avenue after associates of the victim reported that the incident happened in the South Ward community. They reportedly drove the man to the hospital.
Police found a crime scene at 260 Pampna Avenue.
It appeared that a gunman repeatedly fired into the victim’s vehicle before fleeing the scene.
The investigation is its early stages and no suspects have been identified at this time.
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