Police seek shooter after imam is critically wounded outside mosque in Newark, New Jersey

A New Jersey imam was shot and critically wounded Wednesday outside a mosque in the state's largest city, authorities said as officers worked to identify and arrest the shooter. The cleric was shot after 6 a.m. outside the Masjid-Muhammad-Newark Mosque, Newark Public Safety Director Fritz Fragé said in an emailed statement. Police didn't immediately identify the victim, who was taken to nearby University Hospital and is in critical condition, authorities said.