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Investigations into Paterson Shootings Lead to Multiple Arrests
PATERSON, NJ - Law enforcement officials have announced the arrest of three individuals as well as charges against a juvenile in connection with multiple shooting incidents in Paterson. The arrests were made following a collaborative investigation by the Paterson Police Department Shooting Investigation Unit, the Passaic County Prosecutor’s Office, the New Jersey State Police Violent & Organized Crime Control North Bureau, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives.CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE FREE TAPINTO.NET NEWSLETTER June 4 Shooting Gabriel Mercado, a 23-year-old resident of Lodi, New Jersey, was apprehended on June 27, 2024, in connection...
Cops investigating after male slashed in head
Police are investigating an attack that occurred in the early morning of the Fourth of July in Paterson, authorities said Thursday. Paterson police responded to a report of a stabbing in the area of Mercer and Lafayette streets at 12:52 a.m., officials said. Officers discovered a male victim with a laceration behind his right ear that was not life-threatening.
Investigation underway after 2 shot in Paterson
Police are responding to a shooting investigation along Broadway in Paterson on Wednesday afternoon.Officials say two people, a 56-year-old woman and a 35-year-old man, were found with gunshot wounds around 4 p.m. at the corners of Broadway and Main Street.They were taken to St. Joseph's University Medical Center for treatment and are expected to survive.A vehicle could be seen from NewsCopter 7 with its windows shot out between a Wendy's restaurant located at 145 Broadway and the entrance to Passaic County Community College.There was also a secondary scene up the block between Main Street and Washington Street in front of a pizzeria.It's not yet known if anyone is in custody.Few other details were released.----------* Get Eyewitness News Delivered* More New Jersey news* Send us a news tip* Download the abc7NY app for breaking news alerts* Follow us on YouTubeSubmit a tip or story idea to Eyewitness NewsHave a breaking news tip or an idea for a story we should cover? Send it to Eyewitness News using the form below. If attaching a video or photo, terms of use apply.
Queens DJ fatally shot after fight breaks out at Fourth of July house party
A 37-year-old Queens DJ looking forward to a “big night” was fatally shot early Thursday when a fight broke out at a Fourth of July party, police said. Travanti Rankine was shot in the chest during a bash at a home on Montauk St. near 119th Road in St. Albans about 5 a.m. — rattling his devastated family to the core. “I feel weak. I just can’t believe it,” Rankine’s wife Sasha-Marie told the ...
8-year-old stabbed to death in Queens, suspect fatally shot by police
NEW YORK -- A police officer shot and killed a man who allegedly stabbed an 8-year-old boy to death in Queens on Thursday, the New York City Police Department said.The stabbing likely stemmed from a domestic dispute, police said, but the details were still unclear. Police said the 20-year-old suspect and the 8-year-old male victim may be brothers or step-brothers. No names were immediately released.The incident occurred inside an apartment building on 94th Avenue in the borough's Jamaica neighborhood. Around 5:20 p.m., police say a 29-year-old woman who had been stabbed in the back left the building and ran down...
NYC man with popular YouTube sports channel killed in Harlem drive-by
A sports fanatic with more than 33,000 YouTube subscribers died in a broad daylight drive-by shooting in Harlem, his family and friends told the Daily News Thursday. Jeremiah Cummings, 37, built his following over the past three years on YouTube as “JermSportsTV,” posting pro sports clips and videos from the Madden ’24 video game “He loved sports, commentary. He was just about to get his setup ...
Video shows road rage lead to innocent bystander stabbed to death in Bronx
NEW YORK -- Family members of an innocent young father stabbed to death in the Bronx are calling for justice after they say he was killed for simply witnessing a road rage incident. The victim's sister told CBS New York the suspect should turn himself in. Friends started to leave candles Wednesday for 29-year-old Ronald Gomez-Mesa, who they say was loved and well known in the Morris Heights neighborhood. They said he was just hanging out on Tuesday afternoon when he got caught in the middle of a road rage incident he wasn't even involved in. "Now we're not gonna...
At least 2 dead, 7 hurt after driver strikes pedestrians in NYC park
NEW YORK -- At least two people were killed and seven others injured when a suspected drunken driver crashed into a Manhattan park Thursday night during a July 4th celebration, authorities said.The incident happened just before 9 p.m. on the Lower East Side, according to the New York City Police Department.In a late-night news conference, NYPD Chief Jeffrey Maddrey said the driver of a Ford F-150 pickup truck was speeding down Water Street, then ran through a stop sign at the intersection Water and Cherry streets, drove up onto the sidewalk and crashed into Corlears Hook Park.Nine pedestrians were struck,...
1 man killed in drive-by shooting in Harlem; police searching for gunman
An investigation is underway after a man was killed in a drive-by shooting in Harlem on Tuesday.Officers responded to Frederick Douglass Boulevard and West 118th Street around 1:40 p.m., where they found a 37-year-old man with a gunshot wound to the back.Surveillance video obtained by Eyewitness News shows a white Honda traveling eastbound on West 118th Street. As the driver pulls up to the corner of Frederick Douglass Boulevard, right near a senior citizen complex, shots are fired, sending people scrambling.The victim, who was shot, struggled to the sidewalk. He was taken to Mount Sinai Morningside where he was pronounced...
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