Four Killed In Shooting

Four Killed In Shooting At Notorious Paterson Street corner Identified – The Authorities has identified Four Killed In Shooting At Notorious Paterson Street corner.

Al-Malik Williams, Otis Smith, both 37  Nygier Barrett, 25 and Unique Jones, 22 were identified as the victims killed.

Nearly 60 others have been wounded by gunfire in Paterson this year. 19 homicide victims in Paterson all of last year, 16 were shot. The total shot and killed in the city in 2018 was eight.

Tuesday’s victims — all Paterson residents — were gunned down in a hail of bullets at the corner of Carroll and Harrison streets around 11 p.m.

Two were pronounced dead at the scene, responders said. Two others died at St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center, they said.

Three other men were wounded in the shooting: One is 24, another 20 and the third 19, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora said in a joint announcement.

Witnesses reported seeing a dark-colored SUV flee the scene. Police chased another suspect on foot.

Video shot from several angles showed a man who refused to drop his weapon in an April confrontation with Paterson police raise the firearm a final time before being shot at the same corner.

The neighborhood is notorious for drugs and gun violence cases still under investigation.

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