Thomas Smith died shortly after midnight at University Hospital in Newark, authorities said.
NEWARK -- Authorities have identified the victim in a fatal overnight shooting in the city's South Ward as a 43-year-old city man.
Thomas Smith died shortly after midnight at University Hospital in Newark, said Essex County Prosecutor's Office spokeswoman Katherine Carter.
He was transported there after Newark police officers on patrol in the 800 block of South 14th Street found Smith at the scene of an apparent shooting suffering multiple gunshot wounds, Carter said.
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The officers reported rushing to the scene at approximately 11:30 p.m. after hearing multiple shots fired, she added.
An investigation into the killing by the prosecutor's office Homicide Task Force is in its initial stage, Carter said. No suspects have been identified, and no arrests have been made, she added.
Additional details on the shooting were not immediately made available.
Smith's death brings the city's 2016 homicide total to four.
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