Mark Eason was released from the Passaic County jail two weeks before the Oct. 6 shooting and had been convicted as the gunman in a 2012 shooting just three blocks from where he was fatally shot, NorthJersey.com said.
Eason is the 13th homicide victim in Paterson this year, NorthJersey.com reported.
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