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Paterson, NJ
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Bystander, 16, Wounded When Gunfire Erupts On Paterson Street
A 16-year-old Paterson boy was wounded when shooting erupted outside a city school Sunday night, authorities said. The victim was taken to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center in a private vehicle after he was struck while walking near the No. 10 school on Mercer Street and Keen Street before 9:30 p.m., they said. A shot spotter recorded 13 rounds – with two vehicles struck -- after what they Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora described as “multiple actors” opened fire. His wound wasn’t considered life-threatening, they said in a join…
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Out-Of-State Man In Passing Car Shot In Paterson, 19-Year-Old Charged
An Illinois man in a passing car was wounded when gunmen opened fire on a Paterson street, authorities said. Police who converged on the area took 19-year-old Casmir Smith into custody shortly after 4:30 p.m. Saturday and charged him with aggravated assault and weapons offenses. He remained held Sunday in the Passaic County Jail. The 50-year-old victim from Oak Forest, IL was in a car on Presidential Boulevard approaching West Broadway when “multiple actors began shooting at unknown persons, with one of the bullets piercing the victim’s windshield and striking him,” Passaic County Prosecut…
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: Judge Orders Accused Paterson Gunman Held After Wild Pursuit
UPDATE: A judge has ordered that a Paterson ex-con accused of exchanging gunfire with police while fleeing a shooting remain held pending trial. Jabor Taylor, 39, was arrested after detectives found his smashed-up Buick with a bullet hole in the rear windshield in East Orange following the Labor Day weekend incident, authorities said. It began when a 22-year-old city man was shot several times near the corner of East 22nd Street and 12th Avenue around 1 a.m. Sept. 4. The victim was being taken to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center when an officer tried to stop a vehicle of interest drive…
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? Paterson Man, 60, Shot, Killed On City Street, Total Number Approaching Record
A 60-year-old Paterson man was shot and killed Tuesday night in the Silk City’s 22nd homicide this year, the 15th by gunfire. Responding officers found Hector Guzman critically wounded from a single gunshot in the street outside 250-252 Van Houten Street shortly after 8 p.m., authorities said. Guzman was rushed to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center, where he succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced dead at 11:37 p.m., Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora said. They didn’t say whether any suspects had been arrested or identified. At …
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Bergen Ex-Con Charged With 3 Attempted Murder Counts In Shooting Outside Mother's In Wayne
A South Hackensack parolee who’s spent the majority of the past decade in prison fired shots at a trio of people outside Mother's Ale House in Wayne, authorities charged. South Hackensack and Wayne police captured Robert Jackson, 33, in the area of Grove Street and Phillips Avenue in the borough last week. A judge in Paterson on Monday ordered that he remain held in the county jail on charges that include three counts of attempted murder. Authorities didn’t say what they believe prompted the gunfire outside the popular nightspot off Route 23 shortly after 2 a.m. Sept. 5. Jackson fled in a…
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Paterson Man, 20, Shot Dead On City Street Corner
A gunshot through the head before dawn Saturday took the life of a 20-year-old Paterson man on a city street corner, authorities confirmed. Elijah Wilson of Paterson was found at the corner of East 18th Street and Fulton Place after being shot shortly before 3 a.m., Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora said in a joint release. He was taken to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center and pronounced dead at 5:59 a.m., they said. Valdes and Baycora didn’t say whether any suspects had been arrested or identified. It was the 21st homicide in Paterso…
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? Detectives Investigate Shots Fired Outside Mother's In Wayne
Gunshots brought Wayne police and other law enforcement officers to Mother's Ale House before dawn Sunday, but no victims or shooters were found, authorities said. Four shots were confirmed off Mountainview Boulevard, in the shadow of northbound Route 23, shortly after 2 a.m., Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Wayne Police Chief Jack McNiff said. “Upon arrival the police located a possible crime scene but were unable to locate a victim,” they said in a joint release. Valdes and McNiff didn’t address a report that the popular nightspot was sheltered in place or that a red pi…
Paterson, NJ
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Fleeing Suspects Exchange Fire With Paterson Police During Labor Day Weekend Pursuit
Suspects fleeing a shooting exchanged gunfire with pursuing Paterson police, authorities confirmed Sunday. An officer tried pulling their car over after a 22-year-old city man was shot several times at the corner of East 22nd Street and 12th Avenue around 1 a.m. Saturday, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes said. Witnesses said it was a silver Buick. Someone in the vehicle began shooting at the pursuing officer, who returned fire, Valdes said. Responders said the police vehicle became disabled at at Van Houten and Straight streets and the assailants sped off. The officer wasn’t i…
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Horrific Labor Day Weekend Crash Kills One West Milford 19-Year-Old, Seriously Injures Another
One passenger was killed and another seriously injured in a single vehicle crash involving three 19-year-olds from West Milford, authorities confirmed on Saturday. Daniel P. Kearney (photo below) was pronounced dead at Chilton Medical Center in Pompton Plains at 11:19 p.m. following the 9:35 p.m. crash Friday on Lincoln Avenue in West Milford, they said. Fellow passenger Kyle R. Guell was reportedly airlifted to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center in Paterson. The 1999 BMW 323, driven by Alexander P. Vanker, “left the roadway and traveled up an embankment and onto and across the front la…
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Passaic Man Accused Of Sexually Assaulting Child, 8
A 23-year-old Passaic man was accused of sexually assaulting an 8-year-old child. Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia Valdes said detectives from her Special Victims Unit began investigating after the victim’s mother contacted her office directly. They arrested Manuel Figueroa and charged him with aggravated sexual assault, sexual assault and child endangerment for an incident that the child said occurred at a home in Passaic between and March of this year, she said. Figueroa remained held in the Passaic County Jail pending court action, the prosecutor said.
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HER? Indictment Charges Paterson Woman With Trying To Burn Down Ex-Lover's Apartment
A Paterson woman who has remained a fugitive for several months since authorities accused her of trying to burn down a former lover’s apartment was indicted by a grand jury. Ahkearah Muhammad, 24, should be considered dangerous, authorities said, adding that she could be somewhere in New York. The fire broke out shortly after 10:30 p.m. March 20 in a large factory building that was converted into 240 units at the corner of Madison and Essex streets in Paterson. A surveillance camera caught images of Muhammad pouring lighter fluid outside her former beau’s door in a large city complex, auth…
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Man Shot Dead On Paterson Street
A 35-year-old Paterson man was shot dead at close range on a Paterson street Tuesday night, responders said. 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 suspe…
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