A shooting that occurred in Newark's South Ward has police searching for a gunman while investigators attempt to determine the motive for the shooting.
According to preliminary reports, just under a dozen rounds of gunfire erupted in the vicinity of Johnson and Clinton avenues at approximately 7:40 p.m. setting off a ShotsSpotter activation that notified police in the city's 5th Precinct.
Units rushed to the scene where they found a male victim suffering gunshot wounds at that location.
EMS transported the victim to University Hospital where doctors began treating the man for his injuries according to report.
A female was treated by EMS for minor injuries but was not struck by gunfire according to police.
The suspect reportedly fled the scene immediately after the shooting at remains at-large.