Police in Newark are investigating after three men with gunshot wounds showed up at a local hospital soon after a shooting was reported Friday night, police said Saturday.
The shooting was reported shortly after 7 p.m. in the 5800 block of Fair Avenue, according to Newark police.
When officers arrived, there were no victims at the scene but there was evidence there had been a shooting.
A short time later two Richmond men, ages 22 and 23, and a 22-year-old San Francisco man arrived at a nearby hospital with gunshot wounds.
They are being treated with non-life-threatening injuries and one has since been released, said Newark police Lt. Shannon Todd.
Police believe the shooting wasn’t random, but didn’t release any other details.
Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to call Newark police Detective Joyce Wang at (510) 578-4214 or via email at [email protected]
Information can also be left anonymously on the “Anonymous Tip” hotline at (510) 578-4965.
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