Gunfire On Route 80 Bridge Wounds Pennsylvania Passenger

A passenger from Pennsylvania was wounded by gunfire crossing the Madison Avenue bridge over Route 80 in Paterson before dawn Saturday, authorities confirmed.

Madison Avenue at Route 80 in Paterson.
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Jerry DeMarco

05/22/2021 11:21 a.m.

Responders said the Orwigsburg victim arrived via private vehicle at St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center with a gunshot to the stomach after the vehicle was peppered with bullets shortly before 3 a.m.

The wound wasn’t fatal, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora said in a brief statement.

They didn’t say whether a suspect had been caught or identified – only that an investigation was continuing.

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