A teenage boy that entered University Hospital's emergency department suffering injury from gunfire was reportedly shot in Orange.
Hospital officials contacted Newark Police when the 17-year-old victim arrived by private vehicle to the hospital shortly before 7:30 p.m. suffering a non-life threatening gunshot wound to the foot according to reports.
The boy told authorities that he was struck by gunfire in the 200 block of Hickory Street Street near Orange Park.
Police searched the area but it is not immediately clear if a crime scene was ever established.
The motive for the shooting is unknown at this time.