An overnight shooting in Newark that left a man fatally injured has authorities from the Essex County Prosecutor's Office investigating.
Police responded to reports of shots fired that erupted in the teens block of Whittier Place at around 1 a.m.
Units arrived to the scene to find a male victim suffering injury from gunfire at that location.
The victim was transported to University Hospital where he later died from his injuries.
A spokesperson from the Essex County Prosecutor's Office has confirmed the fatal shooting with additional information to follow later this morning.
There were no arrest immediately reported.