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Authorities: Wanted Shooter Reaches For Gun, Subdued By Paterson Police Authorities: Wanted Shooter Reaches For Gun, Subdued By Paterson Police
Authorities: Wanted Shooter Reaches For Gun, Subdued By Paterson Police Paterson police avoided a tragedy when they subdued a wanted city man who tried to pull a gun on them as they moved in to arrest him for a shooting, authorities said. Police began searching for Yusef M. Page, 18, shortly after the 24-year-old victim from Hillside was taken to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center at 1:20 p.m. Saturday with a non-fatal wound from a shooting on Broadway. When police spotted Page on Hamilton Avenue a short time later, he “attempted to pull a firearm from his waistband,” Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Troy Oswald said in a …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Three 14-Year-Old Boys Grazed By Gunfire In Violent Paterson Neighborhood Three 14-Year-Old Boys Grazed By Gunfire In Violent Paterson Neighborhood
Three 14-Year-Old Boys Grazed By Gunfire In Violent Paterson Neighborhood Three 14-year-old Paterson boys shot in one of the city’s most violent, drug-infested areas sustained only superficial wounds, authorities said. The boy were struck in the area of Hamilton Avenue and Summer Street shortly before 8:45 p.m. Monday, they said. All three were taken to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center and released following treatment, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Troy Oswald said in a joint release. They didn’t confirm reports that they incident might be tied to a fatal Sept. 22 shooting near the corner of 12th Avenue and East 23rd S…

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by Jerry DeMarco