Wild West: Three Wounded In Back-To-Back-To-Back Paterson Shootings

UPDATE: A man was shot in the chest on a Paterson street early Saturday, the morning after two others were wounded in separate shootings within one hour of each other.

One Paterson victim was shot Friday night, April 7, on East 23rd Street, the other across town on Main Street. A third was shot on Park Avenue early Saturday.
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Jerry DeMarco

04/08/2023 12:00 p.m.

A 30-year-old delivery man was shot during an apparent robbery on East 23rd Street shortly after 10:30 p.m. Friday, April 7, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia Valdes announced.

He was brought to Joseph's University Medical Center with injuries that weren't considered life-threatening, she said.

The second victim, a 40-year-old city man, wasn't so fortunate.

He was in critical condition at St. Joe's after being shot multiple times across town outside the First Presbyterian Church on Main Street around 11:30 p.m., the prosecutor said.

The victim of yet another shooting was also in critical condition after arriving at St. Joe’s with a gunshot wound in the chest Saturday morning, responders said.

The 24-year-old city man apparently been shot on Park Avenue near Carroll Street shortly after 7:30 a.m.

City police were investigating the shootings under the auspices of the New Jersey Attorney General's Office, assisted by the Passaic County Prosecutor's Office.

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