City resident injured in shooting
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Quddus Widener was charged with aggravated assault, unlawful possession of a gun and other weapons offenses in connection with the shooting Monday, according to spokesman Keith Royster.
The victim, identified as a 27-year-old man, suffered a non life-threatening gunshot wound to his buttocks in the attack around 10:30 p.m. near Washington and High streets, the city spokesman said. The injured man was treated at University Hospital in Newark.
Authorities would not immediately release further details.
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