September 14 Evening News
RLS MEDIA REPORTED A PEDESTRIAN WAS STRUCK BY A VEHICLE IN PATERSON SATURDAY NIGHT THAT LEFT THE VICTIM WITH LIFE-THREATENING INJURIES. ACCORDING TO PRELIMINARY INFORMATION, RESPONDERS WERE DISPATCHED TO 125 TRENTON AVENUE AROUND 9:45 PM, ON REPORTS OF A PEDESTRIAN BEING STRUCK. EMS RUSHED THE VICTIM TO ST. JOSEPH’S UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER WHO WAS IN TRAUMATIC CARDIAC ARREST. THE CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUNDING THE INCIDENT REMAIN UNDER INVESTIGATION, AND THE VICTIM'S IDENTITY AND UPDATED CONDITION HAVE NOT BEEN RELEASED TO THE PUBLIC.
RLS MEDIA REPORTED NEWARK POLICE WERE INVESTIGATING SHOTS FIRED IN THE SOUTH WARD SATURDAY NIGHT. RESIDENTS TOLD RLS MEDIA THAT POLICE RESPONDED TO 872 SOUTH 15TH STREET AT APPROXIMATELY 10 P.M. AFTER A SHOT SPOTTER DETECTED GUNFIRE. OFFICERS RECOVERED SHELL CASINGS ALONG THE SIDE OF THE PROPERTY AND LIVE ROUNDS INSIDE OF THE HOUSE. NO PROPERTY DAMAGE WAS REPORTED, AND NO GUNSHOT VICTIMS DURING THE INITIAL INVESTIGATION. THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE GUNFIRE REMAIN UNDER INVESTIGATION.
NORTHJERSEY.COM REPORTED A PEDESTRIAN WAS STRUCK AND KILLED BY A VEHICLE IN PATERSON ON SUNDAY NIGHT. AUTHORITIES SAID THE COLLISION HAPPENED AT AROUND 9:40 P.M. ON TRENTON AVENUE, NEAR 22ND AVENUE. OFFICERS ALLEGED THEY SAW THE MOTORIST ATTEMPT TO DRIVE AWAY AFTER THE COLLISION, BUT WERE ABLE TO PREVENT HIM FROM FLEEING. THE MOTORIST WAS LATER CHARGED WITH DRUNK DRIVING. THE VICTIM’S IDENTITY HAS NOT BEEN MADE PUBLIC. POLICE ARE FURTHER INVESTIGATING THE INCIDENT, PENDING ADDITIONAL CHARGES.
NEWS12 REPORTS THAT NJ STATE POLICE ARE SEEKING INFORMATION TO IDENTIFY A WOMAN KILLED IN EAST ORANGE EXACTLY 42 YEARS AGO. POLICE ARE USING GENETIC GENEALOGY IN ATTEMPT TO DETERMINE THE IDENTITY OF A YOUNG BLACK WOMAN KILLED IN A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INCIDENT ON SEPTEMBER 14TH, 1984. SHE WAS REPORTEDLY KILLED ON EPPIRT STREET, AND THOSE CLOSE TO THE VICTIM REFERRED TO HER AS “L.A.” OR “LORANDA”. FURTHER DETAILS ABOUT HER IDENTITY REMAIN UNKNOWN. INVESTIGATORS HAVE DEVELOPED A NEW DNA PROFILE ON THE VICTIM AFTER LOCATING AND EXHUMING HER REMAINS. THIS DNA PROFILE WILL BE USED IN A GENETIC GENEALOGY INVESTIGATION BY THE STATE POLICE MISSING PERSONS UNIT, THE ESSEX COUNTY PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE, EAST ORANGE POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND RAMAPO COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY. ANYONE WHO HAS INFORMATION ON THE IDENTITY OF THE MISSING WOMAN IS ENCOURAGED TO CONTACT THE STATE POLICE MISSING PERSONS UNIT AT 609-882-2000, EXTENSION 2554, OR MISSINGPINFORMATION@NJSP.GOV.