The gunman ran up and shot Anthony McNeal from in the head on the sidewalk in front of what used to be a restaurant on Union Avenue, near Jasper Street, shortly before 8 p.m., they said.
McNeal was pronounced dead at the scene minutes later, making it the 20th homicide in Paterson this year -- 14 of them shootings.
Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora identified the victim in a joint release but didn't say whether any suspects had been arrested or identified.
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