Police searched an area of South Orange Avenue for a crime scene after a shooting had a male Injured in Newark overnight.
The search began after police were notified by officials at University Hospital that a victim sufferering a gunshot wound entered the hospital before 11 p.m.
The victim reportedly suffered a non-life threatening gunshot wound to the leg after being shot in the 400 block of South Orange Avenue close to West Side High School.
Police have launched and investigation to determine the motive for the shooting.
There were no arrests reported.