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Police Investigate Shooting near Vacant Restaurant in Elizabeth

Elizabeth New Jersey

Reports of shots fired in the 600 block of Westfield Ave. sent police to the scene shortly before 10:25 a.m. where they found evidence of gunfire behind a vacant restaurant at that location. 

A crime scene has been established and an initial report is that nearby neighbors were in a verbal dispute when one of them fired a weapon at the other. Elizabeth Police are investigating the incident.   

It is unclear if an arrest has been made.