Police in Newark's South Ward are investigating at least two shots fired incidents that occurred overnight in that section of the city.
According to police, in the first incident, at approximately 2:10 a.m., gunfire rang out in the 40's block of Hansford Street, sending police to the scene to investigate.
Units arrived and found shell casings, but no victims were found after a search of the area.
While police conducted a crime scene on Hansford Street, officers received reports of shots fired in the vicinity of 387 Hawthorne Avenue.