Atlantic City Boardwalk shooting wounds two

Police are looking for the gunman who wounded two people on a crowded Atlantic City Boardwalk early Tuesday morning.

  Eyewitness NewsATLANTIC CITY, N.J. -- Atlantic City police say a teenager and a man were injured when shooting broke out early Tuesday morning on Atlantic City's Boardwalk.

The wounds to a 17-year-old boy from Vineland and a 22-year-old man from Bridgeton were not considered life-threatening.

The fight broke out near Bally's Park Place casino around 1 a.m.

- hours after some 150,000 people were in the city for its Independence Day fireworks.

Police say the shooter fled on foot. A handgun was found at the bus terminal at Bally's.

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Irvington police officer wounds teen suspect

  IRVINGTON, N.J. -- Essex County authorities say a 15-year-old Newark boy was shot and slightly wounded by a police officer during a scuffle inside an Irvington apartment building.

Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn Murray says the teen was grazed in the shoulder.

The teen has been charged with assaulting a police officer.

The shooting occurred at about 12:35 a.m. Friday. Irvington police responded to a call about youths damaging a vehicle and soon spotted the 15-year-old and a 16-year-old boy who fit the caller's description.

The older teen ran off but was soon caught. He hasn't been charged.

The other youth ran into the apartment hallway. Authorities say the officer feared for his life and drew his service weapon.

The shooting will be reviewed by the prosecutor's office.

Names of those involved were not released.

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