On the evening of Oct. 17, 2017, four Paterson narcotics detectives were patrolling the Manchester Avenue area. Three weeks after a deadly police shooting in Paterson, N.J., the state's attorney general, Matthew J. Platkin, announced on . The shooting of the food deliveryman one of three cases of gun violence over the weekend happened during the third of the three robberies, which took place at 10:42 p.m. near the corner of East 23rdStreet and Fourth Avenue in the citys 3rdWard, authorities said. April 20, 2023. One of the men allegedly pointed a gun at the victim and pulled the trigger, but the weapon didnt fire, police said. PATERSON Less than a month after the New Jersey Attorney General's Office took control of Paterson police operations, city officials on Monday hired 29 new recruits to join the . No portions of this website may be reproduced, retransmitted, copied, or republished without expressed written consent from Shore News Media & Marketing, LLC. The third shooting took place Saturday at 7:22 a.m. near Eastside High School at Park Avenue and Carroll Street, authorities said. 2-alarm fire burns through house in Paterson. Isa Abbassi, a 25-year veteran of the New York Police Department currently serving as the chief of strategic initiatives there, will take charge of Patersons police department in May, Platkin said. PATERSON Three food delivery drivers, including one injured in a shooting, were robbed in separate incidents in the city an hour apart on Friday night, and authorities are investigating whether the crimes are connected. PATERSON, NJ - On Thursday, at approximately at 12:29 a.m., the Paterson Police Department received a report of a shooting near 9th Avenue and East 24th Street, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia . Authorities identified the victim as 27-year-old Yeshawn Staggers. UPDATE: Investigation Underway Into Paterson Shooting . As we pray for comfort and peace to come to Nashauns family and friends, let us also pray and work for an end to the gun violence that is taking the lives of young people,Shafer added. Paterson 4/27/23 5:25pm. NYPD Detective Troy Patterson has died after being shot and spending 33 years in a coma. It isnt clear how long the takeover will last. Associated Press writer Claudia Lauer contributed to this article. The affidavit of probable cause said Timmons shot at several undercover state police vehicles as they followed a suspicious minivan after a call about an attempted robbery on East 26th Street. I have spoken to Nashauns mother to express my condolences to her and his sister, and we have crisis team counsellors available for students who are mourning his loss, said Shafer. The Passaic County Prosecutor's Office said city police found a 25-year-old Haledon man wounded at the scene after responding to a report of shots being fired at about 4:30 a.m. Sunday. A woman also was hit by gunfire and suffered nonfatal injuries in the incident, police said. Local newspaper covering news, sports, police, fire, and government issues for Paterson, NJ, 07500. . 0:00. On the evening of Oct. 17, 2017, four Paterson narcotics detectives were patrolling the Manchester Avenue area. Besides the takeover, Platkin said hes implementing some other changes. The Paterson officer was in the area of Van Houten Street between Auburn and Straight streets when he saw what he believed was a crime in process, according to police. In the final video, he is seen sprawled on the ground. Platkin said hes in for the long haul.. Video released by the New Jersey Office of the Attorney General show the frantic minutes leading up to the shooting death of a Florida man by a Paterson police . The surveillance video can be viewed below. In the meantime, a New Jersey State Police officer will serve as the departments interim head. Paterson News . Members of the Paterson Police Department were dispatched to University Hospital in Newark at approximately 1:21 a.m. on Monday, in response to a report of a 26-year-old male resident of Paterson, who sustained a non . "I'm going to knock your teeth out, going to send you to the hospital," Jackson said to Velez at about 2:17 a.m . PATERSON An 18-year-old student at Eastside High School who was injured in a shooting almost two weeks ago died from his wounds on Tuesday, becoming Paterson's seventh homicide . Paterson Healing Collective, based at St. Joseph's, is one of NJ's leading hospital-based violence intervention programs. He is in stable condition and the leg is in good, stable condition, says Dr. Benjamin Rebein, of St. Joseph's Medical Center. Anyone with additional information is urged to contact the Passaic County Prosecutors Office at 1-877-370-PCPO or tips@passaiccountynj.org or the Paterson Police Ceasefire Unit at 973-321-1342. They also may contactthe Paterson Police Detective Bureau at 973-321-1120. Paterson endured record numbers of homicides in each of the past two years 27 in both 2020 and 2021. Robert Cuadra, an honor student at Harp Academy who had already secured a full college scholarship, was fatally shot on Godwin Avenue in January when he got caught in the crossfire of a gunfight while bringing home groceries. The shooting came a little more than 27 hours after a Paterson man was fatally shot at around 1 a.m. Saturday on Belle Avenue. Nine shell casings were recovered, and five bullet holes were found in two of the unmarked cars. So far this year there have been 11 homicides in the city, including 10 fatal shootings. All rights reserved. PATERSON, NJ - Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Department Officer-In-Charge Major Frederick P. Fife announced an ongoing investigation into a non-fatal shooting. The shooting death of Najee Seabrooks, a violence intervention worker, by Paterson police is the latest of eight deaths that involved the police in the city since 2019, the most of any municipality in the state. As a result, the court said, the prosecutors should not have been allowed to use as evidence the two guns and various drugs the detectives seized during the search in the trial against Michael Goodwin, the Paterson man they followed into the building. The victim, a 24-year-old city man, also is in critical condition, authorities said. The driver was having trouble finding the delivery address and was walking back to his vehicle when he was confronted by two men dressed in black and wearing masks, police said. Paterson mayor: Fired police chief had no plan, no vision, no strategy, Your California Privacy Rights / Privacy Policy. The U.S. Department of Justice has the power to sue police departments where there has been an established pattern of illegal behavior, corruption or unconstitutional policing practices, and issue legally binding consent decrees to require changes in those practices. The victim, 25-year-old Jasmin Wel, became the 28th person killed in the city this year. The detectives apprehended Goodwin at a third-floor apartment entrance, where they allegedly seized a silver gun from the suspects waistband as well as heroin and marijuana, the ruling said. The unidentified man is seen confronting Zhang behind a white van and appears to tackle him to the ground. 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The victim, Nashaun Warren, a junior at Eastsides School of Information Technology, suffered multiple gunshot wounds on March 19 near the corner of East 24thStreet and 15thAvenue in Patersons 5thWard, the Passaic County Prosecutor's Office said. PATERSON The New Jersey attorney general has scheduled his first Paterson community meeting since the state's March 27 takeover of the city Police Department, but officials said the man who will be in charge of the force won't be there. In its ruling, the New Jersey Superior Court's Appellate Division determined that the detectives should have gotten a warrant before searching the house because the officers did not know whether the man legally owned the gun and he had not given any indication that he was a threat to fire it at anyone. To get unlimited access to his watchdog work that safeguards our communities and democracy,please subscribe or activate your digital account today. In December, a grand jury declined to indict Paterson police officers involved in the death of a man they restrained two months earlier. Platkin said the takeover amounted to a pledge to residents and officers that the state is committed to safety in the city. Callahan says that the trooper was sitting in his vehicle when fired upon, and that what he did next may have saved his life. Three of this year'sfatal shootings occurred in the 5th Ward including last month's shooting of a 15-year-old girl from North Haledon, which occurred in the same area as Sunday's incident. Mayor Andre Sayegh recently cited the rise in Paterson shootings in the past two years part of a national trend as his reason for firing Police Chief Ibrahim Mike Baycora. Both men are Passaic residents, authorities said. Your California Privacy Rights / Privacy Policy. As at his first hearing, there were uniformed state troopers in attendance. Less than a minute passed from the time Zhang attempted to get into one of the cars near the accident, and when you can hear gunshots. In February, Platkin announced an aggravated assault charge against a Paterson officer who he said shot a fleeing unarmed man. Prosecutors asked anyone with information about the shooting to contact their tips line at 1-877-370-PCPO, tips@passaiccountynj.org or the Paterson Police Detective Bureau at 973-321-1120. The shooting came a little more than 27 hours after a Paterson man was fatally shot at around 1 a.m. Saturday on Belle Avenue. 1:45. Paterson police chief fired:Paterson mayor: Fired police chief had no plan, no vision, no strategy. New Jersey pickle factory destroyed in fire. Three years ago, the city had 68 shootings and 13 homicides through Oct. 1, and in 2018 there were 50 shootings and six homicides in that time period. Then you see an officer tackle the suspect. Frustration simmers: Advocacy group calls for DOJ to consider consent decree for Paterson Police Department, City Hall drama: 'What a disaster! A man is dead after being shot by a Paterson police officer in an alleged carjacking Monday afternoon.Toni Yates has the latest information. I feel like if this if this individual is coming here to act inappropriately, illegally, then he has to be stopped," Sayegh said. April 24, 2023 on Police & Fire, Top Story by Jonathan Greene. Eyewitness News spoke to Paterson Mayor Andre Sayegh about the shooting. New Jersey's attorney general said Monday that his office has taken control of the police department in the state's third-largest city, Paterson, less than a month after . **CAUTION: Images may be disturbing to some viewers**, Eric Scottis the senior political director and anchor for New Jersey 101.5. 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