EMS transported one person to University Hospital in Newark after gunfire erupted in a neighborhood in Elizabeth overnight.
Police responded to reports of a person shot in the 400 block of Westminster Avenue, after midnight, where several police units arrived to the scene where they located one person struck by gunfire according to reports.
Officers and detectives set up a crime scene in the area where they searched for evidence and a possible suspect.
The extent of the victim's injuries have not immediately been released.
Police are investigating a motive for the shooting.
There were no arrests reported.