Newark police are investigating an assault reported early Saturday morning on the first block of North Chapel Street, according to Newark police spokesman MCpl. Gerald Bryda.

At 1:54 a.m. Newark officers responded to a North Chapel residence after hearing reports of a fight breaking out on the third floor between three to 10 individuals, Bryda said.

An unknown person or persons pushed a 20-year-old man from Chester, Pa. from the third floor, causing him to fall down a fire escape and suffer injuries to his face and head, Bryda said.

The victim, who received lacerations to his face, was found in the parking lot of the Newark Shopping Center and was immediately taken to Christiana Hospital by Aetna Hose, Hook and Ladder Company, he said.

Bryda said there was only one witness and the case is still active pending additional interviews.