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Paterson Man Shot Dead In City's 5th Homicide This Month Paterson Man Shot Dead In City's 5th Homicide This Month
Paterson Man Shot Dead In City's 5th Homicide This Month A 47-year-old man was shot in the back of the head and pronounced dead at the scene in Paterson, becoming the city's 14th homicide victim this year and the fifth in October, authorities confirmed. There were 22 altogether at this point last year. There was no word on any arrests, possible suspects or suspected motive following the 1:16 a.m. Oct. 12 shooting in the 4th Ward area of Summer Street and Hamilton Avenue. Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Department Officer-In-Charge Isa Abbassi also didn’t say why they weren’t identifying the victim. An investigati…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Three Shot Near Notorious Paterson Drug Corner Three Shot Near Notorious Paterson Drug Corner
Three Shot Near Notorious Paterson Drug Corner Three victims were struck Monday afternoon by shots fired in one of the Paterson's most notorious neighborhoods. This year alone, more than a dozen people have been wounded in shootings along a stretch of a half-dozen or so blocks along 10th Avenue on the city's Eastside littered with open-air drug markets that authorities say is controlled by the Icy Boys gang, records show. Police on Monday found two wounded city men, one 39 and the other 63, after shots were fired around 2:50 p.m. near the corner of 10th and East 26th Street, authorities said. A 40-year-old Paterson woman who also was s…

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by Jerry DeMarco