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UPDATE: A man slashed a Clifton police officer in the face, then stabbed himself in the chest as a SWAT team closed in on him Sunday at a Route 3 Howard Johnson s, authorities said.
Authorities later identified him as Antwan Whitlock, 35, of Union Township.
Whitlock remained hospitalized at St. Joseph s Regional Medical Center in Paterson as of Jan. 5.
The officer was treated at St. Joe s before being released.
It began when three Clifton officers responded to a report of a guest having mental health crisis at the hotel on the highway s westbound side at 5:18 a.m., state Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said.
19-year-old dies in hospital day after being shot in North Jersey, authorities say
Updated Dec 23, 2020;
A man who was shot Tuesday evening in Paterson died from his injuries Wednesday, authorities said.
Bryan Vargas, 19, of Paterson was pronounced dead at 4:46 p.m. at Saint Joseph’s University Medical Center in Paterson where he had been listed in critical condition the day before, according to a statement from the Paterson Police Department and the Passaic County Prosecutor’s Office.
Vargas was shot just before 5:30 p.m. while outside a home at 89 Jefferson Street in a residential area of the city, police said.
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A man found shot dead in a Paterson gas station parking lot Wednesday became the 23rd victim gunned down in the Silk City this year.
The body of Michael Richardson, 33, was found on the ground of the BP station at Broadway and Summer Street, in a neighborhood rife with drugs and gangs, shortly after 3 p.m., authorities said.
He d been shot in the head, said detectives who were searching for a juvenile who reportedly fled the scene.
Richardson was taken to St. Joseph s Regional Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia Valdes and city Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora said.