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Driver Shot At By Paterson Police Charged With Eluding After 15-Mile Chase
PATERSON, N.J. – A Paterson police officer fired a shot at a fleeing driver who was caught after a chase of nearly 15 miles before dawn Wednesday, authorities said.
The officer approached Terrance Nelson, 26, of Jersey City, in the area of Cianci and Market streets around 2:30 a.m. “as part of an investigation in progress,” Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes said.
Nelson got into a car, however, and “pulled away while refusing police commands to stop,” she said.
“During the encounter, one round was discharged from the officer’s department-issued handgun,” the prosecutor said.
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