A shooting in Newark's South Ward critically injured a male victim during the overnight hours.
According to a preliminary investigation, just before midnight, officials at University Hospital contacted police when a male gunshot victim entered the emergency room suffering a bullet wound to his jaw.
Police say the injured revealed that gunfire struck him in the 300 block of Hawthorne Avenue before arriving at the hospital.
Doctors treated the unidentified victim then listed him in critical condition.
Police checked the area for a crime scene and have launched an investigation into the motive for the attack.