It happened just after 6:30 p.m. in the area of Broadway and Carteret, the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office confirms.
One after another, Newark Police cars raced to the scene trying to desperately rush two officers to the hospital. Both officers had just been shot, and those who lived nearby heard a barrage of bullets.
“There was 10 shots, I want to say. I want to say the whole clip basically,” said Andrea Perez, “I just hear the gunshots and I thought it was fireworks, because people are always doing their fireworks, and then I saw a bunch of police come.”
Sources say, the suspected shooter, just 14 years old, was taken into custody along with multiple suspects.
The 14 year old gunned them down in their car, before they even had a chance to get out.
A Newark police detective investigating a group believed to have illegal guns Friday night was shot to death before he could get out of his vehicle and a second officer was wounded, authorities said.
A 14-year-old, whose name was not released because of his age, is facing charges of murder, attempted murder and weapons offenses. Five people are in custody and being questioned.
“He was shot before he even had the opportunity to leave his police car,” said Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens.
The second officer wounded in the shooting is expected to recover, officials said.