Newark Police are looking into the motive behind a shooting that occurred about two blocks from their police precinct Sunday.
Residents in the 16th Avenue and South 18th Street area dialed 911 after witnessing a male suspect pull a gun and shoot a man on a busy street that borders Irvington Township around 2:35 p.m.
Police arrived at the scene and found over a dozen people trying to assist the gunshot victim lying on the ground at that location.
The victim was transported to University Hospital and there were no reports of a fatality.
The gunman fled the scene is at large.