A manhunt was underway Wednesday for a gunman who authorities said wounded two Newark police officers as they attempted to question him about a previous shooting.
Kendall Howard, 30, was considered "armed and dangerous," authorities said in a news release.
One officer was shot in the leg. The other officer's neck was grazed by a bullet that lodged in his shoulder, Newark Mayor Ras Baraka said. Police had responded about 1 p.m. after a citizen who had seen a flier about a previous shooting called in a tip about the suspect's possible identity, according to Baraka. Police were exiting the building when they encountered the suspect in the parking lot and, during an altercation, he pulled a gun and began shooting, the mayor said.
Video taken from news helicopters showed police officers in tactical gear staging on streets in the neighborhood and searching on top of and around the base of at least one multistory apartment building.
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