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Shots rang out at Madison and Essex streets shortly after 1:30 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 15.
Found wounded at the scene were a 19-year-old man from Sunbury, PA, and both a 16-year-old boy and the other adult, both from Paterson, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Acting Paterson Police Chief Bert Ribeiro said in a joint announcement.
All were taken to St. Joseph’s University Medical Center with injuries that weren’t considered life-threatening, they said.
Valdes and Ribeiro didn’t say whether any suspects had been seized or identified.
It was the same location where gunfire killed a young teen and wounded four men between the ages of 21 and 32 this past May 11.
Police and Passaic County sheriff’s officers have made a series of drug and gun seizures, along with arrests, at the intersection since then.
In one bust, Paterson detectives seized 2,584 heroin folds, 327 bags of crack and a loaded gun in an apartment at the center of a drug operation directly across the street from the mini-market where the girl was slain.
The investigators also found an assortment of drugs for sale, including crystal meth, cocaine, oxycodone, Ecstasy and methadone, and seized $3,690 in profits.
SEE: 2,584 Heroin Folds, 327 Crack Bags Seized At Same Corner Where Girl Was Killed In Paterson
In another case, detectives an 18-year-old drug dealer who they said was carrying a loaded gun fitted with a high-capacity magazine outside the store.
SEE: Crack, Gun, High-Capacity Mag Seized, Teen Nabbed At Spot Where Paterson Girl, 15, Was Killed
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