Passaic Man Shot, Killed Outside Housing Complex

A Passaic man was shot and killed shortly before dawn Sunday outside the city housing complex where he'd lived, authorities said.

Donyell Coley, Speer Village, Passaic
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Jerry DeMarco

08/29/2021 1:22 p.m.

Donyell Coley, who was struck several times, arrived at St. Mary’s Hospital in a private vehicle at 5:50 a.m. and was pronounced dead about 45 minutes later, they said.

Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Passaic Police Chief Luis A. Guzman didn’t say whether a suspect had been captured or identified – only that Coley, 41, was shot in the parking lot at Speer Village.

The public housing complex on Aspen Place was Coley’s most recent address, records show.

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