The Essex County Prosecutor's Office has been called to the scene of a shooting that gravely injured a male in a section of Newark this afternoon.
According to police, at approximately 3:10 p.m., gunfire rang out near the Dominoes Pizza in the 400 block of Central Avenue.
When officers arrived at the scene, they found evidence that a shooting occurred, but no victims were located.
Witnesses told police that the victim was taken by private vehicle to the hospital after a gunman approached and fired shots at him.
A short time later, officials at University Hospital alerted cops that the heavily bleeding victim entered the emergency department.
Police have a crime scene established as an investigation underway.
The suspect fled the scene in a dark-colored vehicle.