Shooting Leaves 1 Man Dead, 1 Injured In Newark

NEWARK, N.J. (CBSNewYork) -- Police were trying to identify a suspect Monday, after one man was killed and another wounded in a shooting in Newark.

Around 10:49 p.m. Sunday, police were called to Huntington Terrace and Lehigh Avenue in Newark and found Brent Williams, 20, of East Orange unresponsive in a car, police said.

Williams was taken to University Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 11:17 p.m. Sunday, police said.

A second man, also 20, suffered a non-life-threatening gunshot wound, police said.

No motive had been determined, and no suspect had been identified, Monday night.

Anyone with information was asked to contact the Essex County Prosecutor's Office Homicide/Major Crimes Task Force tips line at (877) TIPS-4-EC or (877) 847-7432.

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