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Teens Among Multiple Victims Injured, 1 Dead In Rash Of Newark Shootings

A rash of shootings injured multiple people including teens and killed one person Tuesday night in Newark, authorities and news reports say.

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According to RLS Media, one victim walked into Beth Israel Hospital with a gunshot wound suffered on Grumman Avenue around 6 p.m.

Then, two teens were injured in a shooting on the 100 block of Lincoln Street around 7:45 p.m., police said.

A 16-year-old and 15-year-old were both hospitalized for treatment in the incident, Newark Public Safety Director Brian O’Hara said.

The 16-year-old was transported while the 15-year-old arrived at University Hospital with a gunshot wound to his elbow, O'Hara said.

Then, around 8:10 p.m., shots were fired at 1125 Broad St., where a victim was found bleeding from his back, RLS Media reports. The shooter was reportedly at large.

The fatal incident occurred on Van Vechten Street at 11:11 p.m., a spokesman with the Essex County Prosecutor's Office said.

The male victim was transported to University Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 11:40 p.m.

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