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Two Injured in Separate Newark Shootings

Newark

Police in Newark are investigating two separate shooting incidents that caused injuries at locations in the city on Wednesday night.

In the first incident, a ShotSpotter device detected more than a dozen rounds of gunfire that rang out in the 30's block of Hunter Street around 8:35 p.m.

Police officers arrived at the scene found a male victim suffering two bullet wounds in his leg at that location.

The unidentified victim was transported to University Hospital for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries.

According to police, the second shooting incident happened just before 9:10 p.m. in the vicinity of Hedden Terrace and Clinton Avenue.

Units arrived at the scene found a male victim suffering multiple gunshot wounds after a suspect fired at him at that location.

Police say the man was rushed to University Hospital in severe condition and the suspect remains at-large.

It is not clear if the two shootings are related at this time and the motives are under investigation.