A victim in Newark’s shooting on Tuesday has been identified as a male child of an unknown age.

News 12 previously reported that the child was a 6-year-old girl after a statement given by the Newark public safety director.

The boy was shot along with a man on East Orange Avenue around 7 p.m.

When police arrived at the scene, they rushed the boy into their patrol car and brought him to University Hospital down the road.

Both the boy and the man remain in the hospital for treatment.

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