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Overnight Newark West Ward Shooting Injures Man

Newark

A shooting that seriously injured a man in Newark's West Ward has police investigating.

Reports of shots fired sent police to the 700 block of South 20th Street shortly before 2 a.m. where according to authorities, a male victim was struck by gunfire at that location.

The victim was rushed to University Hospital where he was struck several times in the upper torso.

Police setup a crime scene where investigators collected evidence and searched for other injured victims.

The motive for the shooting is under investigation.

There were no arrests immediately reported.