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Shooting Victim, 39, Found Lying Face Down At Paterson Intersection: Police Shooting Victim, 39, Found Lying Face Down At Paterson Intersection: Police
Shooting Victim, 39, Found Lying Face Down At Paterson Intersection: Police A 39-year-old man was shot and killed overnight in Paterson, police said. Officers responding to a ShotSpotter activation around 1:35 a.m. found the man with a gunshot wound lying face down at  Madison Avenue and 14th Avenue, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Department Officer-In-Charge Isa Abbassi said. Officers attempted to render aid to the victim, but he was pronounced dead on scene. His identity was not released. The investigation is active and ongoing. More information will be released when it becomes available. The Passaic County Prosecutor’…

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by Cecilia Levine
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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…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Four Victims Wounded By Gunfire In Paterson During First Hours Of 2021 Four Victims Wounded By Gunfire In Paterson During First Hours Of 2021
Four Victims Wounded By Gunfire In Paterson During First Hours Of 2021 It didn't take long: Paterson's first shootings of the new year  left four people injured. Three victims in a gas station shooting all arrived at St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center via private vehicle around 2 a.m., authorities said. The three men – one 28 and another 25, from Paterson, and a 26-year-old Orange resident – were wounded at an Exxon station across from the Lowe's on southbound Route 20, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Deputy Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora said in a joint announcement. All were in stable condition, they said. They weren’t Paterso…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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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…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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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…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Sheriff: Mom Dimes Out Heroin-Selling Son After Paterson Chase Sheriff: Mom Dimes Out Heroin-Selling Son After Paterson Chase
Sheriff: Mom Dimes Out Heroin-Selling Son After Paterson Chase A Paterson mom snitched on her drug-dealing son after he tried hiding from detectives who’d seen him toss 450 bags of heroin during a foot chase, Passaic County Sheriff Richard H. Bernik said. Another man was arrested, as well, when he tried blocking the sheriff’s officers while repeatedly cursing at them, Berdnik said. Members of his narcotics bureau had seen 22-year-old Marquis L. Wedderburn park a Kia sedan near the dead end of East 31st Street, the sheriff said. Wedderburn left the car running as he got out, he said, then approached another vehicle at the intersection of 14th Avenue. …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Passaic Sheriff's Officer Injured In Hit-Run Crash: Driver Found, Charged Passaic Sheriff's Officer Injured In Hit-Run Crash: Driver Found, Charged
Passaic Sheriff's Officer Injured In Hit-Run Crash: Driver Found, Charged A Passaic County sheriff's officer escaped serious injury after his cruiser was rammed from behind in Paterson by a driver who then took off, authorities said. Officer Jason Michaels chased the hit-and-run driver, but a damaged tire disabled his patrol car. His colleagues, however, found the other car and charged the driver. The Volkswagen Beetle had struck the officer's car after 41-year-old Juan Carlos Carrillo Ruiz ran a red light at the intersection of Broadway and Rosa Parks Boulevard around 3 p.m., Passaic County Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik said. "Michaels’ unit went up on the sidewa…

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by Jerry DeMarco