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Man Shot in the Chest in Newark's North Ward

Newark

Police in Newark are on the search for a suspect wanted for a shooting that left a person injured in the city's North Ward Tuesday evening.

According to police, the shooting happened around 10 p.m. on Wicker Court near Martin Luther King Boulevard.

Police say a ShotSpotter activation alerted police of 14 rounds of gunfire near the housing complex.

When police arrived at the scene, they fund evidence that a shooting occurred, but after they searched the area, no victims were found.

Offcials at University Hospital alerted police that a male gunshot victim entered the emergency department just before 10:10 p.m.

The motive for the shooting is under investigation.