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Man Seriously Injured by Gunfire in Newark

Newark New Jersey

A shooting that happened in the city's South Ward overnight has police searching for a shooter.

Cops responded to reports of multiple rounds of gunfire that erupted in the 30's block of Stengel Ave. (near Elizabeth Ave.) shortly before 10 p.m.

Arriving units located a male victim (reported to be around the age of 34-years-old) suffering multiple gunshot wounds.

EMS transported the man to University Hospital in serious but stable condition while police searched the area for a silver boxed style Jeep Cherokee reportedly occupied by as many as three black males observed leaving the area immediately after the shooting.

The Newark Police Department are investigating a motive for the shooting.