Second Shooting This Week on 15th Avenue in Newark

Police in Newark are investigating the motive behind a shooting that injured a male on 15th Avenue Saturday evening.

In the second shooting of the week in the area of 15th Avenue and South 19th Street, police responded to multiple calls and a ShotSpotter device reporting shots fired around 6:17 p.m.

When officers arrived at the scene, they found multiple shell casings, but no victims were found,

Residents informed police that they saw an injured male enter a vehicle and the car sped away from the scene.