Police in Newark are investigating a shooting just outside of a park that left one dead and another wounded last evening.
Police rushed to the 500 block of South 17th Street (short distance away from West Side Park) around 9:30 p.m.
and found a female victim shot and fatally injured at that location. A short time later, a male who was said to be around 17-years-old, entered into University Hospital suffering from a gunshot wound. The male victim's injuries were considered non-life threatening.
Residents that we spoke to in the area early this morning said they heard several popping noises shortly before police and investigators converged on the scene.
One resident said, the victim fatally wounded was possibly a girl that just graduated high school a few days ago.
Police would not confirm those accounts at this time.
The case is being handled by the Essex County Prosecutor's Office who will have further details today.