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After shots were fired in the park, police pursued a car

The sixth shooting incident in Cambridge this year and the second in the last two weeks occurred Thursday at Greene-Rose Heritage Park in The Port neighborhood, Cambridge said.

Police arrived at 10:05 p.m. and found shell casings in “multiple locations,” including on Dickinson Street, the northern border of the park. Scanner reports said a witness saw a man with a gun running toward Broadway, another block north of Dickinson.

According to scanner reports, officers were pursuing a black 2023 Dodge Charger in connection with the shooting. The vehicle was last seen on Brookline Street in The Port.

No property damage or injuries were reported as a result of the shooting.

The incident occurred long before the fireworks display scheduled for 10:30 p.m. on Boston’s Esplanade.

Most recently, shots were fired at Newtowne Court public housing, also located in The Port, on June 27. This is also the second year in a row that shots have been fired at Greene-Rose Heritage Park; ShotSpotter gunshot detection technology recorded shots fired on Harvard Street, the park’s south side, in May of last year. Shell casings were also found and no injuries were reported.

Anyone with information about the July 4 shooting is asked to contact the police Special Investigations Unit anonymously, either at cambridgepolice.org/TIPS or by calling (617) 349-9151.