On Monday, suspects responsible for a violent and deadly shooting in Elizabeth drove around several Newark neighborhoods attempting to ditch the car used in the felony.
In the shooting incident, at approximately 2:20 p.m., police were dispatched to the area of 129 Fulton Street to investigate reports of shots fired.
Several police officers arrived at the address found a vehicle with a male victim inside struck by multiple bullets. The unidentified male was pronounced dead at the scene.
According to reports, one other person suffered non-life threatening gunshot wounds.
Police secured the scene and concealed the victim's identity -using a tent over the vehicle- while The Union County Prosecutor's Office arrived to lead the investigation.
The suspects reportedly fled the scene in a red Acura then drove through several Newark South Ward neighborhoods to get rid of the car.
At approximately 6:12 p.m., Newark Police and The Union County Prosecutor's Office located the unoccupied car in the vicinity of Renner Avenue and Hunterdon Street.
The suspects remain at large.