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Newark West Ward Shooting Injures Man

Newark

A shooting in the city's West Ward has police on the scene with a man down.

Gunfire rang out in the 90's block of Alexander Street at around 2:20 p.m. sending police to the scene where they found a person shot at that location.

The victim was transported to University Hospital where he suffered a non-life threatening gunshot wound to the leg according to authorities.

Police are looking for a black and gold colored Dodge Caravan that is occupied by several black males, that fled the scene immediately after the shooting.

The motive for the shooting in under investigation.