Police in Newark are investigating an overnight shooting that occurred in the.
Gunfire rang out at around 2 a.m. in the 40's block of West Kinney sending multiple police and EMS units to the scene where one person was taken to University Hospital suffering critical injuries reportedly with a gunshot wound to the chest.
A crime scene was established.
Authorities are also investigating several armed robberies that happened around the city during the week.
Police are looking for an armed man that committed a robbery in the 200 block of Pacific Street on Tuesday. The suspect was only describe as a black male armed with a gun who fled the scene.
Over in the North Ward, police are on the search for a Hispanic male who reportedly pointed a weapon at a person in the 600 block of Garside Ave. Wednesday morning, taking personal possessions. The suspect fled in a light colored vehicle.
An investigation is underway into a brutal assault of a person who was self-transported to University Hospital on Wednesday after a reported armed robbery where the suspect pistol whipped the victim. It is not immediately known where the incident occurred.