Editor's Note: Law enforcement sources said police initially believed one suspect was shot and there were two suspects in the shooting Wednesday. The Essex County Prosecutor's Office released new information Thursday.

NEWARK -- Officers interrupted a deadly shooting outside a store, tried to stop the assailants and shot one of the suspected shooters in Newark's North Ward Wednesday, according to law enforcement officials.





City police, working with the Essex County Sheriff's Office, initially arrived at a shooting near Bloomfield Avenue and Garside Street 4:45 p.m., law enforcement sources said. One person wounded in that shooting was declared dead and another was taken to an area hospital with non life-threatening injuries.

Police tried to arrest the gunmen before officers shot one suspect at Broadway and Kearny, near the initial killing scene, the sources said. No law enforcement officers were hurt. The person shot by officers was also hospitalized with wounds that were not considered life-threatening and at least one person remained at large, sources confirmed.

Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn A. Murray identified the homicide victim only as a male before family could be informed. The prosecutor's office was investigating the homicide and police-involved shooting.

One woman, who declined to be named, said she saw two shooters open fire and one "young man" wounded outside the mini-market near Bloomfield Avenue and Garside Street.

Two men at a nearby gas station said they heard approximately two to five shots and initially thought the sounds came from a car. Soon after, police rushed to the area.

Authorities closed busy Bloomfield Avenue near Garside and Stone streets Wednesday night. A State Police helicopter made several low flights over the area as investigators worked at the scene.

Police were also investigating a separate non-fatal shooting on 3rd Avenue, near North 10th Street. It was unclear if that incident was linked to the earlier homicide.

Newark police referred questions to the prosecutor's office, which investigates police shootings.

The incident marked the second time this year that officers in Newark shot a suspect and the earlier homicide was the city's fourth killing this year. Police records show Newark reported 12 murders during the same time frame last year.

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