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Police Search for Shooting Suspects that Injured Man in Newark; Separate Shooting Hospitalizes One

Newark New Jersey

Authorities are on the search for several suspect who were occupying a gray 4-door Pontiac wanted for a shooting that injured a man in Newark late last night. 

Reports of shots fired sent police to the 400 block of South 15th Street shortly before 12:30 a.m. where they arrived to find a male victim suffering injury from gunfire. 

The victim was transported to University Hospital in Newark reportedly with a gunshot wound to the back. 

Police setup a large crime scene in the area where they searched for evidence.

The suspects are still at-large. 

In a separate possibly unrelated shooting that happened at around 10:30 p.m. in the 100 block of Irvine Turner Boulevard, EMS transported one person to the hospital suffering a gunshot wound to the leg. The victim is expected to survive.