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Newark Police Investigates West Ward Shooting; Injuries

Newark

Police in Newark are looking into a shooting that caused non-life threatening injuries to one person Sunday morning in the city's West Ward.

Officers requested EMS in the 100 block of Vermont Avenue after they received reports of a person injured at approximately 7:10 a.m.

Units arrived at the scene found a male victim suffering a gunshot graze injury to the head.

Police set up a crime scene where they collected evidence, but there were no suspects arrested according to reports.

The incident remains under investigation.