Overcast 63°
Tag:

14th Avenue, Paterson, NJ

News
TRIGGER HAPPY: Four Wounded In Paterson Shooting Before Homicide TRIGGER HAPPY: Four Wounded In Paterson Shooting Before Homicide
Trigger Happy: Four Wounded In Paterson Shooting Before Homicide Four people were wounded when gunfire broke out on a Paterson street corner barely two hours before a 20-year-old man was shot and killed a half-mile away, authorities confirmed. Officers responding to a 12:50 a.m. call of shots fired at the corner of 14th Avenue and East 23rd Street, up the block from Public School No. 13, found two of the victims -- both men, 39, from Paterson -- they said. Both were taken by ambulance to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora said in a joint release. Moments later, they…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Ex-Con Captured In Paterson Shooting Ex-Con Captured In Paterson Shooting
Ex-Con Captured In Paterson Shooting Detectives cracked a month-old Paterson shooting when they arrested an ex-con from the city who’d served time for a previous shooting. Alexander Nieves, 23, faces a lengthier prison sentence if convicted of attempted murder and weapons offenses in the June 18 shooting of a 25-year-old city man at the corner of East 24th Street and 14th Avenue. The victim made his way to 21st Street and Madison Avenue, where police found him. He was taken to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center, where he was treated for two gunshot wounds. Authorities captured Nieves on East 22nd Street shortly after 11:30…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Paterson Man Shot Dead, Companion Wounded Paterson Man Shot Dead, Companion Wounded
Paterson Man Shot Dead, Companion Wounded One man was shot and killed and another wounded on a Paterson street Tuesday night, authorities said. Tamir Blackwood, 27, was pronounced dead at St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center shortly after the shooting outside 675 East 25 St. near 14th Avenue shortly after 8 p.m., Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora said in a news release. Jessy Camilo, 26, remained hospitalized in stable condition, they added. Responders said he arrived at St. Joe's in a private vehicle. Valdes and Baycora didn't say whether there'd been any arrests or suspec…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco