NEWARK — Authorities are in the city investigating a police shooting, officials confirmed.

Few details were available about the shooting near Irvine Turner Boulevard and Muhammad Ali Avenue Monday afternoon, but the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office was responding to the scene, a spokeswoman confirmed.

The extent of the injuries sustained in the shooting is unclear, though a law enforcement source said it was non-fatal. The circumstances of the shooting were not immediately known.

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