Update: Paterson Man, 26, Shot, Killed In Lodi

UPDATE: A 26-year-old Paterson man gunned down in a hail of gunfire in Lodi died at the hospital a short time later, authorities said.

Shooting at the Kennedy Gardens Apartments, Lodi
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Authorities were investigating.
Photo Credit: *Jo Fehl for DAILY VOICE*

The shooter squeezed off dozens of rounds at the Kennedy Gardens Apartments in Lodi.
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Jerry DeMarco

03/08/2022 5:10 p.m.

John Anthony DeLeon was struck multiple times at the Kennedy Gardens Apartments off Route 46 around 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 8, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said.

The shooter unloaded an estimated 20 or so rounds, leaving a Mercedes wagon riddled with bullet holes.

DeLeon staged to a 2nd-floor apartment and collapsed in front of his girlfriend, a witness told Daily Voice.

A Lodi Volunteer Ambulance Rescue Squad rig took DeLeon to Hackensack University Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead a short time later, according to Musella.

Detectives from the prosecutor's Major Crimes Unit were investigating along with Lodi police and the Bergen County Sheriff's Bureau of Criminal Identification, which collected evidence.

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