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UPDATE: Video Shows Gunshot That Narrowly Missed Sleeping Haworth Couple Fired From Passing Car UPDATE: Video Shows Gunshot That Narrowly Missed Sleeping Haworth Couple Fired From Passing Car
Update: Video Shows Gunshot That Narrowly Missed Sleeping Haworth Couple Fired From Passing Car UPDATE: Police investigating a bullet fired into a Haworth home are reviewing a video that shows two gunshots coming from a passing vehicle. Two vehicles that appear to be sedans had emerged from a side street onto Sunset Avenue near the White Beeches Golf and Country Club at 4:50 a.m. Sunday, Lt. Justin Fox said on Monday, Dec. 19. Someone in the second vehicle fired two shots about five to 10 seconds apart, the second one at the house, the lieutenant told Daily Voice. The bullet landed near the bed of a sleeping 60-something couple, he said. Woken by the sound of breaking glass, they as…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Cuban Pete's Shooting Under Investigation Cuban Pete's Shooting Under Investigation
Cuban Pete's Shooting Under Investigation An argument escalated into a shooting earlier this week at Cuban Pete's in Montclair, police say. An argument inside of the Bloomfield Avenue restaurant escalated spilled onto the street turned physical between four males just after 12 a.m. Monday, Montclair Police Sgt. Terence Turner said. One male pulled out a handgun and fired three rounds, which did not strike anyone, Turner said. Three Ruger 9mm shell casings were recovered at the scene, he said. Authorities were reportedly seeking one suspect, last seen fleeing on a motorcycle. The shooter was described as a black male, approximatel…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
SWAT Standoff Ends In Upper Saddle River After Drunken Suicidal Man Fires Shot, Points Gun SWAT Standoff Ends In Upper Saddle River After Drunken Suicidal Man Fires Shot, Points Gun
SWAT Standoff Ends In Upper Saddle River After Drunken Suicidal Man Fires Shot, Points Gun An intoxicated, suicidal Upper Saddle River man pointed a gun out the window at SWAT team members before surrendering after a 3½-hour standoff overnight Sunday, authorities said. Family members fled as Christopher Koski, 24, fired a shotgun blast in the house and threw two rifles out the window, Detective Lt. Edward Kane said. A member of the Bergen County Regional Crisis Negotiation Team eventually talked him out, but not before Koski “pointed a loaded handgun out a second-floor window” at the tactical unit, Kane said. Authorities seized several firearms from the home, the lieutenant said…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
UPDATE: Driver Captured, Charged In Route 46 Road Rage Shooting In Elmwood Park UPDATE: Driver Captured, Charged In Route 46 Road Rage Shooting In Elmwood Park
Update: Driver Captured, Charged In Route 46 Road Rage Shooting In Elmwood Park UPDATE: Passaic County sheriff's officers captured a driver who police said fired a shot into another motorist's door during a road-rage incident Thursday afternoon on westbound Route 46 in Elmwood Park. They also recovered the 9mm handgun that was used, Police Chief Michael Foligno told Daily Voice. Joseph Ortiz, 22, of Paterson, was turned over to Elmwood Park police following the shooting just before 3 p.m. near the intersection of the highway and Boulevard, Foligno said. Sheriff's officers found him on Canal Street in Paterson, the chief said. A short time earlier, Ortiz got into an a…

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by Jerry DeMarco