Detectives for The Essex County Prosecutor's Office are investigating a shooting that left one person dead in Newark's North Ward overnight.
According to a preliminary investigation, police were called to the vicinity of Grafton Avenue and Broadway at approximately midnight after receiving reports of shots fired.
Units arriving at the scene requested EMS on a rush after finding a male victim suffering massive injuries after gunfire struck him at that location.
Police say a second victim was also found struck by gunfire.
One of the victims was pronounced dead at the scene while EMS transported the other person to University Hospital in serious but stable condition reports said.
Residents with knowledge of the victim told our overnight information gathering crews that the fatal shooting victim is around the age of 17-years-old, but The Essex County Prosecutor's Office has not confirmed this as of 4:23 a.m.
Police set up a crime scene where they searched for evidence to support a motive for the shooting.
The shooter remains at large according to police.
**ESSEX COUNTY PROSECUTOR UPDATED 6:02 am** “I can confirm that the Essex County Prosecutor's Major Crimes Task Force is investigating a shooting homicide in the area of Broadway and Grafton in Newark. One confirmed male DOA. Still early in the investigation.”