Newark Police officers and detectives set up a crime scene in the 100 block of West End Avenue as they searched for evidence to support a motive for a shooting that left one person suffering injuries during the overnight hours.
According to preliminary reports, a University Hospital EMS unit was approached in the vicinity of South Orange Avenue and North Munn Avenue at approximately 2:40 a.m. and informed of a gunshot victim inside a vehicle stopped at that location.
The EMS unit located the injured then contacted police before transporting the apparent gunshot victim to University Hospital for treatment according to reports.
Police set up a second crime scene at the South Orange Avenue location to further the investigation.
There were no other injuries reported.