Police in Newark are investigating a shooting that left one person dead this evening.
Reports of shots fired in the area of Avon Ave. and Stratford Ave. sent police to the scene where they found a male victim shot at around 8:45 p.m. The victim was reportedly unconscious and unresponsive upon first responders' arrival.
Paramedics pronounced the victim dead a short time later.
The identity of the victim has not been released at this time.