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At 4:40 p.m., police responded to the 700 block of Broad Street and found a man who had been shot, Newark Public Safety Director Fritz Fragé said.
The man said he observed two other men engaged in a verbal altercation before one of the men brandished a handgun, Fragé said. The man attempted to flee the scene but ended up sustaining a non-life-threatening gunshot injury, Fragé said.
The man was transported to a nearby hospital in stable condition and the shooting remains under investigation, Fragé said.
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