A shooting that left a man seriously injured in a neighborhood in Newark overnight has police searching for a suspect.
Gunfire rang out in the vicinity of 443 South 17th Street at around 7 p.m. sending several police officers to the scene where they found an adult male victim suffering a gunshot wound to the back according to preliminary reports.
EMS transported the victim to University Hospital where he was listed in serious but stable condition.
Police shut down South 17th Street from 14th Avenue to South Orange Avenue where they conducted a crime scene to search for evidence and possible suspects.
The otive for the shooting remains under investigation.