Gotcha! Ex-Con Wanted In July 4th Shooting At Deadly Paterson Corner Nabbed By City Police

Paterson police captured an ex-con wanted for shooting two young men on one of the city’s deadliest street corners on the Fourth of July.

Anderson Martinez
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Jerry DeMarco

07/27/2023 11:50 a.m.

Anderson Martinez, 26, was identified by detectives as the shooter who wounded the pair – one 19, the other 20 – near the notorious intersection of Essex and Madison streets.

Both men arrived at St. Joseph’s University Medical Center in a private vehicle. They survived their injuries and an investigation progressed.

Police nabbed Martinez in the area of 21st Avenue and Chestnut Street, a half-dozen blocks from the shooting scene – at 3 a.m. Wednesday, July 26, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Department Officer-In-Charge Isa Abbassi said in a joint announcement Thursday.

Martinez has since remained held in the Bergen County Jail, charged with attempted murder, aggravated assault and weapons offenses that include possessing a firearm as a convicted felon.

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