The shooting happened around 5:30 p.m. on the 100 block of Osborne Terrace. The Essex County Prosecutor’s Office says that an 8-year-old boy died and an adult male was injured.

A man wounded by gunfire was found several blocks from where the child was killed around the same time, but officials declined to say whether the shootings were related.

An 8-year-old boy was shot and killed in Newark Friday, authorities said. The child was shot in the area of 130 Osborne Terrace around 5:30 p.m., according to the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office. A 36-year-old man was also shot nearby near 38 Yates Ave.

An 8-year-old boy was dead Friday evening following a shooting in Newark, county prosecutors told NBC New York. Details of the shooting were limited, but officials from the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office said the young boy had died and that an adult male was also shot.