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Split-Second From Potential Tragedy: Paterson Suspect Pulls Gun On Police Split-Second From Potential Tragedy: Paterson Suspect Pulls Gun On Police
Split-Second From Potential Tragedy: Paterson Suspect Pulls Gun On Police A tragedy was averted when a fleeing suspect pulled a gun from his waistband while being chased down the street by two Paterson police officers – and then tossed it over a railing, authorities said. Joseph Nieves, 20, kept running but eventually was chased down by the officers who, just moments before, drew their weapons. Nieves was with two other men when Officers Brian Culmone and Gerard Speziale Jr. saw him stick the gun in his waistband just before 3 a.m. Sunday Curtis Place and Van Houten Street, Police Director Jerry Speziale said. After getting out of the cruiser, Speziale Jr. drew …

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by Jerry DeMarco