Man shot dead at N.J. gas station, police say
Updated Dec 16, 2020;
A man died Wednesday afternoon after he was found shot at a Paterson gas station, according to a statement from the Paterson Police and Passaic County Prosecutor’s Office.
Officers were called to the intersection of Broadway and Summer Street at 3:13 p.m. for a report of shooting and found a man, later identified as Michael Richardson, 33 , of Paterson, lying on the ground in the parking lot of a BP gas station with apparent gunshot wounds, police said.
Richardson was taken to St. Joseph’s University Medical Center where he was pronounced dead upon arrival, the office said.
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Paterson police detectives recovered three guns after a stolen SUV crashed through a fence in a residential Eastside neighborhood during a chase and three occupants took off on foot.
It made five guns seized by the squad in a little over 24 hours.
Detectives Suquan Gary, Yamil Pimienta, Brian Culmone and Mohammad Bashir tried stopping the erratically-driven Toyota – reported stolen out of Elizabeth as it barreled up East 27th Street shortly after 9 p.m. Friday, Police Director Jerry Speziale said.
The driver hit the gas, however.
The fleeing SUV turned onto 17th Avenue and then onto East 25th Street before the driver tried to turn onto 15th Avenue, hit a parked vehicle and crashed through a fence onto a resident’s property.