Police are investigating the motive behind a shooting that injured a man this evening on the Newark-Irvington border.
According to police, officials at University Hospital contacted authorities when the victim entered the emergency room suffering a gunshot wound around 5:30 p.m.
Police say the man told them he was shot in the vicinity of 15th Avenue and South 18th Street.
Police searched the area and found evidence that a shooting occurred on the Irvington side of the border 15th Avenue and Vine Street.
The extent of the victim's injuries were not reported as life-threatening.
Police said the suspect remains at-large.