Authorities in Newark are investigating two incidents where shootings left three people hospitalized in the city.
A male victim who was reported to be around the age of 35-years-old was rushed to University Hospital suffering injury from apparent gunfire in the city's North Ward. Police responded to a shooting that was reported shortly before 12:30 a.m in the 50's block of North 13th Street where they found the victim injured. The extent of the man's injuries have not been released at this time.
At around 1 a.m., in the 200 block of South 8th Street, residents were awaken to multiple rounds of gunfire that rang out in the area sending heavy police activity where they reportedly found two men suffering gunshot wounds.
The men were transported to University Hospital where one of the man's injuries was considered serious.
There is an ongoing investigation into both shootings by Newark Police.