2 police officers shot in Newark, New Jersey, and SWAT team is looking for a suspect, police say - CNN

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Two constabulary officers were changeable Tuesday day successful Newark, New Jersey, and authorities are looking for a fishy they judge is inactive successful the gathering adjacent wherever the shooting took place.

“We’re going from flat to flat now, SWAT is successful determination close present going from flat to apartment,” Newark Mayor Ras Baraka said astatine a quality league Tuesday night.

Most of the residents of the gathering person been evacuated, Baraka said.

The fishy is wanted successful narration to an October 28 shooting successful Newark, Baraka said. Someone identified him from a flier Tuesday and called constabulary astir 1 p.m. to accidental helium was successful a adjacent building.

Police responded 13 minutes aboriginal and did not find him successful the building, but encountered him portion leaving the back, adjacent the parking lot, the politician said.

“They gave him instructions, determination was a little altercation, the man pulled a weapon out, changeable 2 constabulary officers astatine adjacent range. Gunshot was returned, occurrence was returned. The man retreated into the building,” Baraka said.

One of the officers was changeable successful the limb and has a tiny fracture, Baraka said. The different serviceman was changeable successful his enarthrosis and the slug grazed his neck. Both are successful unchangeable condition, helium said.

“Prayerfully, we tin extremity this with a idiosyncratic successful custody this evening,” Baraka said.

FBI Newark confirmed they are assisting successful the probe of the shooting.