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Target Shooter, 73, Accidentally Wounds Himself At Passaic County Gun Range Target Shooter, 73, Accidentally Wounds Himself At Passaic County Gun Range
Target Shooter, 73, Accidentally Wounds Himself At Passaic County Gun Range A 73-year-old man accidentally clipped the tip of his index finger at a Passaic County gun range over the weekend, authorities said. Officers who responded to Gun For Hire at the Woodland Park Range on McBride Avenue around noon Sunday tended to the victim before EMS arrived, Police Chief John Uzzalino said. He was taken to St. Joseph's University Medical Center in Paterson for treatment. As often happens, scanner listeners mistakenly shared word of the incident as a shooting at McBride and Lackawanna avenues instead of what it was.The chief thanked everyone for their concern.

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Stabbing Victim, 73, Staggers Into Hawthorne Police HQ, Accused Assailant Quickly Caught Stabbing Victim, 73, Staggers Into Hawthorne Police HQ, Accused Assailant Quickly Caught
Stabbing Victim, 73, Staggers Into Hawthorne Police HQ, Accused Assailant Quickly Caught A 73-year-old man staggered into Hawthorne police headquarters bleeding from a stab wound, authorities said.  As he was rushed to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center, officers captured his accused assailant, borough resident Ryan Thompson, 44, about six blocks away. The victim survived his wounds. Thompson, meanwhile, was charged with attempted murder and weapons offenses, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Hawthorne Police Chief James W. Knepper said in a joint announcement Thursday. They didn’t disclose a possible motive for Wednesday’s 6:30 p.m. stabbing, nor descri…

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by Jerry DeMarco