The Essex County Prosecutor’s Office has returned an information request for a shooting that left a man severely injured at a location in Newark overnight.
According to a brief statement released by a spokesperson for the prosecutor's office, the shooting happened in the vicinity of South 9th near 12th Avenue just before 3:20 am
A male victim was found suffering gunshot injuries and rushed to University Hospital where doctors pronounced him dead a short time later.
The spokesperson said the Essex County Prosecutor's Homicide Task Force is investigating the homicide at that location.
‘It is still early in the investigation and no further information is available at this time’.