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New Year's Fire Consumes Multi-Family Paterson Building New Year's Fire Consumes Multi-Family Paterson Building
New Year's Fire Consumes Multi-Family Paterson Building A vicious New Year's fire blew through the roof of a Paterson apartment building. A firefighter was brought to St. Joseph's University Medical Center with a minor injury sustained in Sunday's 10 a.m. blaze on Harrison Street. The damage was nonetheless extensive, displacing dozens of residents -- while forcing others out temporarily -- in a tightly packed cluster of homes between Rosa Parks Boulevard and Carroll Street. 🚨 BREAKING VIDEO: LARGE FIRE IN PATERSON, NEW JERSEY pic.twitter.com/cPLVj36OvO — Breaking News Video (@BreakingVideoHQ) January 1, 2023 A second alarm was called on a…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Ex-Con Gets 10 Years As Accomplice To Still-Unidentified Killer Of Beloved Paterson DoorDasher Ex-Con Gets 10 Years As Accomplice To Still-Unidentified Killer Of Beloved Paterson DoorDasher
Ex-Con Gets 10 Years As Accomplice To Still-Unidentified Killer Of Beloved Paterson DoorDasher An ex-con was sentenced to a plea-bargained 10 years in state prison for his role in the cold-blooded killing of a DoorDash driver as she made a delivery in Paterson three years ago, authorities said. Authorities haven’t said whether Quadir Whitaker, 37, of East Orange has cooperated with their attempts to identify the shooter who ambushed 43-year-old Petra Rhoden the night of Oct. 4, 2019. That unfortunately leaves the case open -- and loved ones, friends and others who cared for Rhoden still without closure. Whitaker was driving as he and the mystery killer followed Rhoden from a pickup …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Paterson Police Justified In Shooting Agitated Gunman Who Pointed Weapon At Them: Grand Jury Paterson Police Justified In Shooting Agitated Gunman Who Pointed Weapon At Them: Grand Jury
Paterson Police Justified In Shooting Agitated Gunman Who Pointed Weapon At Them: Grand Jury Paterson police were justified in shooting a gunman after he refused to drop his weapon and then raised it in a confrontation, a grand jury has found. Bystanders looked on in horror as Luan Agolli, 42, of Pequannock lifted the gun several times, refusing to drop it, before police shot and killed him as he paced the intersection of Carroll and Harrison streets on April 23, 2020. Video obtained by Daily Voice also captured the fatal confrontation. Agolli held the weapon with both hands and pointed it at the converging officers several times. "I'm giving him all these opportunities," an off…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Four Killed In Shooting At Notorious Paterson Streetcorner ID'd Four Killed In Shooting At Notorious Paterson Streetcorner ID'd
Four Killed In Shooting At Notorious Paterson Streetcorner ID'd UPDATE: Authorities identified four men slain in a late-night shooting Tuesday at a notorious Paterson street corner, raising this year's death total from gun violence in the Silk City to 15 -- only one fewer than all of last year. Nearly 60 others have been wounded by gunfire in Paterson this year. Of the 19 homicide victims in Paterson all of last year, 16 were shot. The total shot and killed in the city in 2018 was eight. Tuesday's victims -- all Paterson residents -- were gunned down in a hail of bullets at the corner of Carroll and Harrison streets around 11 p.m.  Those killed: …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Paterson Explodes: Four Killed, Three Wounded In Hail Of Gunfire Paterson Explodes: Four Killed, Three Wounded In Hail Of Gunfire
Paterson Explodes: Four Killed, Three Wounded In Hail Of Gunfire UPDATE: Authorities identified four men slain in a late-night shooting Tuesday at a notorious Paterson street corner, raising this year's death total from gun violence in the Silk City to 15 -- only one fewer than all of last year. Nearly 60 others have been wounded by gunfire in Paterson this year. Of the 19 homicide victims in Paterson all of last year, 16 were shot. The total shot and killed in the city in 2018 was eight. Tuesday's victims -- all Paterson residents -- were gunned down in a hail of bullets at the corner of Carroll and Harrison streets around 11 p.m. Those killed: Al …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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NEW VIDEO: Agitated Gunman Repeatedly Points Weapon At Paterson Police Before He's Shot NEW VIDEO: Agitated Gunman Repeatedly Points Weapon At Paterson Police Before He's Shot
NEW Video: Agitated Gunman Repeatedly Points Weapon At Paterson Police Before He's Shot WATCH: A gunman who refused to drop his weapon in a confrontation with Paterson police raised the firearm a final time and was shot Thursday afternoon, video taken from above shows. Luan Agolli, 42, of Pequannock lifts the gun several times, refusing to drop it, as he paces the intersection of Carroll and Harrison streets surrounded by officers just after 4:15 p.m., the video obtained by Daily Voice shows (see above). At times he holds the weapon with both hands and points it at the converging officers. "I'm giving him all these opportunities," says an officer in another video taken from …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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UPDATE (NEW VIDEO): Gunman Refusing To Drop Weapon Shot, Killed By Police In Paterson UPDATE (NEW VIDEO): Gunman Refusing To Drop Weapon Shot, Killed By Police In Paterson
Update (NEW Video): Gunman Refusing To Drop Weapon Shot, Killed By Police In Paterson WATCH: A gunman who refused to drop his weapon in a confrontation with Paterson police raised the firearm a final time and was shot Thursday afternoon, video taken from above shows. Luan Agolli, 42, of Pequannock lifts the gun several times, refusing to drop it, as he paces the intersection of Carroll and Harrison streets surrounded by officers just after 4:15 p.m., the video obtained by Daily Voice shows (see above). At times he holds the weapon with both hands and points it at the converging officers. "I'm giving him all these opportunities," says an officer in another video taken from t…

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by Jerry DeMarco