October 21 Evening News
PIX 11 REPORTED A CAR CRASH AND SHOOTING ON THE GEORGE WASHINGTON BRIDGE TUESDAY EVENING HAS LEFT ONE DEAD. ACCORDING TO POLICE, THE CRASH HAPPENED ON THE UPPER LEVEL OF THE BRIDGE HEADING OUT BOUND. PORT AUTHORITY POLICE RESPONDED TO THE CRASH AROUND 7PM AND REPORTED THAT THE DRIVER HAD BEEN SHOT IN THE HEAD ALTHOUGH NEW REPORTS STATE THAT HE HAD BEEN SHOT IN THE SHOULDER. THE DRIVER HAS NOW ALSO BEEN IDENTIFIED AS 46 YEAR OLD CON EDISON WORKER, KORAN IRVINE. A RETIRED COP HAS TURNED HIMSELF IN WEDNESDAY IN CONNECTION TO THE DEADLY SHOOTING. THE CAUSE OF THE INCIDENT IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION.
NEW JERSEY NEWS 12 REPORTED A MAN RAMMED HIS SUV INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE DURING A DISPUTE IN PARAMUS TUESDAY NIGHT AT WESTFIELD GARDEN STATE PLAZA. THE 29 YEAR OLD HACKENSACK NATIVE, DANIEL J. LEANDRY, WAS CHARGED WITH CRIMINAL MISCHIEF, AGGRAVATED ASSAULT WITH A DEADLY WEAPON, AND SIMPLE ASSAULT. ACCORDING TO PARAMUS POLICE, THE INCIDENT HAPPENED AROUND 9PM IN THE SOUTH PARKING LOT OF THE MALL NEAR BEST BUY. POLICE SAID LEANDRY WAS HAVING A VERBAL DISPUTE WITH PEOPLE INSIDE OF A WHITE MERCEDES-BENZ PRIOR TO RAMMING HIS OWN GRAY FORD ESCAPE INTO THE VEHICLE. LEANDRY FLED THE SCENE AND HIS CAR WAS LATER FOUND UNOCCUPIED IN THE PARKING LOT OF A CHILI’S ON ROUTE 17 SOUTH. POLICE LATER ARRESTED HIM AFTER HE WAS FOUND WALKING ON FAIRFIELD DRIVE. LEANDRY ALSO RECEIVED SEVERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SUMMONSES FOR DRIVING WITH A SUSPENDED LICENSE.
NEWS 12 NEW JERSEY REPORTED THREE PEOPLE FACE ADDITIONAL CHARGES IN CONNECTION WITH A MAY DOUBLE HOMICIDE IN JERSEY CITY AFTER A MEDICAL EXAMINER DETERMINED THE CAUSE OF DEATH OF ONE OF THE VICTIMS. TRESGAWN DANIELS, 19, JAHQUAN PORTER, 26, BOTH OF JERSEY CITY, AND ANGELICA MANNING, 24, OF BAYONNE, FACE NEW CHARGES IN THE DEATH OF KENNETH DARBY, 52, OF JERSEY CITY. POLICE RESPONDED TO REPORTS OF GUNFIRE SHORTLY AFTER 1 A.M ON MAY 18 AND FOUND DARBY AND LUIS QUINTERO, 53, OF JERSEY CITY, UNRESPONSIVE INSIDE A RESIDENCE ON OLD BERGEN ROAD WITH APPARENT GUNSHOT WOUNDS. BOTH MEN WERE TAKEN TO JERSEY CITY MEDICAL CENTER, WHERE THEY WERE PRONOUNCED DEAD.
THE BERGEN COUNTY PROSECUTORS OFFICE REPORTED A NEW YORK MAN FACES CHARGES FOLLOWING A DEADLY HIT AND RUN ON ROUTE 17 IN PARAMUS MONDAY EVENING. POLICE RESPONDED TO THE SOUTHBOUND LANES NEAR GARDEN STATE PLAZA SHORTLY AFTER 5 P.M. PROSECUTOR MARK MUSELLA EXPLAINED AN ACURA TOWING A U-HAUL TRAILER COLLIDED WITH A BUICK CARRYING 31-YEAR-OLD KRISIANN REYES RIVERA OF THE BRONX. AUTHORITIES SAY RIVERA GOT OUT OF THE BUICK, APPROACHED THE ACURA AND STRUCK ONE OF ITS WINDOWS. INVESTIGATORS SAY THE DRIVER ACCELERATED, KNOCKING HER DOWN AND RUNNING HER OVER WITH THE TRAILER BEFORE LEAVING. RIVERA WAS TAKEN TO HACKENSACK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER, WHERE SHE DIED. WITNESSES FOLLOWED THE VEHICLE AND BLOCKED IT NEAR THE MALL BEFORE FLAGGING DOWN AN OFFICER. THE DRIVER, 31-YEAR-OLD ESTUARDO RODRIGUEZ OF TARRYTOWN, FACES CHARGES INCLUDING DEATH BY AUTO AND LEAVING THE SCENE OF A FATAL CRASH. AUTHORITIES ALSO ACCUSE HIM OF DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE AND WITH A SUSPENDED LICENSE.