NEWARK-- A man was in critical condition at University Hospital Wednesday night after he was shot near Mt. Prospect Street and Bloomfield Avenue, Public Safety Director Anthony Ambrose said.

The shooting occurred around 10 p.m. The 20-year-old victim was quickly located and rushed to the hospital.

Just hours earlier and about a block away, near Garside Street, police interrupted a shooting in progress. Two people were shot, one fatally, according to law enforcement sources.

Police shot and wounded one suspect a few blocks away. That shooting, and the fatal shooting, are under investigation by the Essex County Prosecutor's Office.

Another shooting also occurred Wednesday afternoon, near 3rd Avenue and North 10th Street.



It was not immediately known if any of the shootings were related.

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