(AP) - A Newark teenager was shot to death and aman was wounded when shots rang out on a city street Saturdayafternoon.

It was not immediately clear what sparked the incident at WestKinney Street and MLK Boulevard, which occurred at about 5:45 p.m.

Detective Todd McClendon, a Newark police spokesman, said the17-year-old boy, whose name was not released, was shot multipletimes in the torso. He was taken to University Hospital in Newark,where he was pronounced dead a short time later.

The man, whose name and age were not disclosed, was shot in theleg. His wound was not considered life-threatening.

Newark police and the Essex County Prosecutor's Office wereinvestigating.