October 26 Evening News
NJ.COM REPORTED A 28-YEAR-OLD PATERSON MAN FACES MURDER CHARGES IN CONNECTION WITH A FATAL SHOOTING THAT OCCURRED IN OCTOBER. ACCORDING TO THE PASSAIC COUNTY PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE, EDWIN BETANCUR WAS ARRESTED OCT. 24, THREE DAYS AFTER JOSHUA FERNANDEZ, 27, OF PATERSON, DIED FROM A GUNSHOT WOUND TO THE CHEST NEAR BUTLER ST. AND SPARROW ST. PATERSON POLICE RESPONDED TO REPORTS OF A SHOOTING AT APPROXIMATELY 4:58 P.M. ON OCT. 21. OFFICERS LEARNED THAT FERNANDEZ HAD BEEN TRANSPORTED TO SAINT JOSEPH’S UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER, WHERE HE WAS LATER PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE HOSPITAL. INVESTIGATORS DETERMINED BETANCUR WAS THE SHOOTER. BETANCUR WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY WITHOUT INCIDENT, CHARGED WITH FIRST-DEGREE MURDER, SECOND-DEGREE UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF A WEAPON AND SECOND-DEGREE POSSESSION OF A WEAPON FOR AN UNLAWFUL PURPOSE. THE STATE PLANS TO FILE A MOTION FOR PRETRIAL DETENTION, WHICH WILL BE HEARD BY A SUPERIOR COURT JUDGE AT A DATE TO BE DETERMINED. IF CONVICTED OF MURDER, BETANCUR FACES A SENTENCE RANGING FROM 30 YEARS TO LIFE IN PRISON. THE INVESTIGATION REMAINS ACTIVE AND ONGOING. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ABOUT THE INCIDENT IS ASKED TO CONTACT THE PASSAIC COUNTY PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE TIPS LINE AT THE PATERSON POLICE DETECTIVE BUREAU AT 973-321-1120.
NJ.COM REPORTED A 20-YEAR-OLD MAN HAS DIED AFTER HE WAS FOUND SHOT IN THE HEAD IN A VEHICLE IN PATERSON ON SUNDAY NIGHT. THE PASSAIC COUNTY PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE SAID POLICE FOUND THE MAN AFTER THEY WERE CALLED TO THE CORNER OF EAST 38TH STREET AND 21ST AVENUE AT 7:39 P.M. HE DIED OF HIS INJURIES AT AN AREA HOSPITAL. AUTHORITIES SAID THE MAN LIVED IN LODI. HIS NAME WAS NOT RELEASED. PROSECUTORS SAID NO ARRESTS HAVE BEEN MADE. THE INVESTIGATION REMAINS ONGOING. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION IS ASKED TO CALL THE PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE TIPS LINE AT 1-877-370-7276 OR EMAIL TIPS@PASSAICCOUNTYNJ.ORG.