Police officers responded to a call of shots fired on South Orange avenue near South 9th Street, just after 7 p.m.
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Investigators say officers found a man in his twenties and a child, believed to be 6-years-old, who had been shot.
They were taken to University Hospital for treatment.
Police said the child suffered a collapsed lung and is expected to recover.
Meanwhile on Wednesday, a suspect in a shooting that wounded two Newark police officers was taken into custody.
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