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Man Enters East Orange Hospital Suffering Gunshot Wound

A late night shooting in East Orange has police searching for a suspect responsible for the incident.

Reports of shots fired that rang out in the area of Norman, and Prospect streets sent nearly a dozen police officers to the scene shortly before 9:50 p.m. where they found evidence that a shooting occurred, but after a search of the area, they did not locate a victim.

While police were investigating at the crime scene, hospital officials at East Orange General contacted police when a male suffering a gunshot wound to the leg entered the emergency room according to reports.

The victim suffered non-life threatening injuries.

The investigation is active and ongoing.