Newark Police are investigating a shooting that injured one person in the city’s Central Ward Wednesday evening.
According to police, just before 5 p.m., gunfire rang out in the vicinity of 5 Irvine Turner Boulevard sending officers to the scene where they found the victim suffering a bullet wound in the leg.
Police say the victim was transported to University Hospital for treatment and is in stable condition.
A second person found by police was suffering from an apparent overdose according to police.
The motive for the shooting is under investigation.
There were no arrests reported.