Found laying in the street shot multiple times, police are investigating a shooting that left a male victim seriously injured in the city's West Ward.
Residents in the area said the loud sound of about 3-5 popping noises then screams from several woman broke the silence of the night on South Orange Ave. and South 17th Street shortly before 1 a.m. forcing them out of bed to the windows where they saw a male victim laying on the ground apparently injured from gunfire.
Police and EMS rushed to the scene a short time later where they found the victim unconscious at that location.. The victim was taken to University Hospital where he suffered gunshot wounds to the abdomen. His condition has not been released.
An investigation is underway by Newark Police.