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TRICK-OR-TREAT DRIVE-BY: Kids, Parents Shot With Air Soft Gun In Elmwood Park TRICK-OR-TREAT DRIVE-BY: Kids, Parents Shot With Air Soft Gun In Elmwood Park
Trick-or-treat Drive-by: Kids, Parents Shot With Air Soft Gun In Elmwood Park Five Elmwood Park kids and two parents out trick-or-treating Sunday night were shot with airsoft pellets from a passing vehicle, authorities said. The attackers emerged from the moon roof and two side windows of a black Nissan that pulled up to the group on Gilbert Avenue between Mola Boulevard and East 54th Street around 8:15 p.m., Police Chief Michael Foligno said. One of them then began firing an airsoft gun at them, he said. All seven victims refused medical treatment after being struck on various parts of their bodies, the chief said. Police saturated the area searching for those res…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Suspected Shoplifter Mistaken For Gunman At Union Walmart Suspected Shoplifter Mistaken For Gunman At Union Walmart
Suspected Shoplifter Mistaken For Gunman At Union Walmart A Walmart in Union was evacuated Thursday morning following a report that a man with a gun had been spotted there, police said.  Police later determined, however, that there had been no threat.  ** UPDATE: A 20-year-old Newark man who caused a stir at a local Walmart turned himself into police ** A woman called police shortly before 11 a.m. and said she'd seen a man in a black mask toting a black gun at the Springfield Road store. The store was evacuated and a team of officers entered, where they found an employee and a customer who had not yet left.  Police also found a bl…

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by Paul Milo
Police & Fire
Kid's Broken Airsoft Gun Prompts School Lockdown In Union Kid's Broken Airsoft Gun Prompts School Lockdown In Union
Kid's Broken Airsoft Gun Prompts School Lockdown In Union Livingston School in Union was briefly in lockdown Monday after police received a report of a student with a gun, the department said in a statement.  The 9-year-old brought the Airsoft-style gun to show his friends, police said. The gun was "inoperable," police also said.  Officers responded and determined there was no threat. Classes resumed at the school shortly after. School officials planned to speak to the student and the student's family, police also said.  

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by Paul Milo