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NEWARK, N.J. - Two police officers have been shot in Newark, sources told CBS2.
The incident started around 2 p.m. near Van Velsor Place and Chancellor Avenue.
Investigators searched a Newark apartment building where they thought the suspect in the shooting of two Newark police officers was hiding, only to discover that the man was nowhere to be found.
Police have identified the wanted man as 30-year-old Kendall Howard of East Orange.
Police say he opened fire on the officers at around 2 p.m. in Newark at Van Velsor Place and Chancellor Avenue. They were trying to arrest the suspect for a different shooting, CBS2's Kevin Rincon reported.
The wounded officers are recovering at University Hospital.
Cops were called to an apartment building after a resident identified a man linked to a shooting from last week. Officers searched through the building, didn't find the suspect, and started to leave. That's when they found him in the parking lot, and got into a shootout.
For hours, police from far and wide, including the FBI and ATF, kept residents locked down in their homes.