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UPDATE: Vehicle Wanted for Newark West Ward Shooting Found Torched in the North Ward

Newark

Police in Newark are continuing to search for suspects wanted for firing several found of bullets in a neighborhood in the West Ward Wednesday afternoon. 

Officers responded to reports of shots fired in the area of Poe and South Orange Avenue around  1 p.m.

Responding officers were informed that three suspects began shooting in the area and fled the scene in a white SUV. 

Officers found several shell casings, but no victims were reported at the scene. 

At approximately 1:55 p.m., police reportedly found the vehicle ignited in flames in the 50's block of Passaic Street, but the car was unoccupied. 

The investigation remains active and ongoing.

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