NEWARK, N.J.(WPIX)—
Police have arrested a suspect in connection with a shooting early Saturday morning.According to police, the gunman shot a woman twice around 4:30 a.m. at 362 S. 6th St., near South 16th Avenue. He was taken into custody after jumping from a second story window.
Investigators say a total of six people were hurt; five of them shot. A police officer also hurt his knee. They were all taken to University of Medicine and Dentistry, New Jersey, (UMDNJ). There is no information on their conditions at this time.
Meanwhile, it has been a hot and deadly summer in Newark, where there have been 35 homicides in June, July and August. That's higher than the number of murders in the summer of 2006, a year in which Newark had 112 murders, and 2007 - the last time the city exceeded the 100 murder mark - when there were 105 homicides.
