Police searched the area of Cherry Street and Murray Street for a crime scene after a shooting left one person reportedly suffered injuries at that location.
Officials at the Trinitas Hospital contacted authorities when a person entered the hospital's emergency department suffering injury from gunfire overnight.
The victim reported to police that the shooting happened on Cherry Street shortly before arriving at the hospital.
The extent of the victim's injuries were not immediately reported as life threatening.
The Elizabeth Police Department is handling the investigation.