Boy, Man Shot at New Jersey Cookout: Police

A boy was shot in the head and a man was shot in the arm while at a cookout in New Jersey Sunday evening.

Police said they were called to University Hospital in Newark just after 7 p.m. when the man was dropped off with the gunshot wound.

Officials said the man was struck by gunfire while at a barbecue on the 800 block of South 17th Street.

As police interviewed the man, they learned a minor that had been at the same cookout was taken to the hospital with a gunshot wound to the head. Police say he is alert and in stable condition.

No arrests have been made. Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 877-NWK-TIPS or 877-NWK-GUNS.  

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