Seventh Suspect Caught In Slaying Of 14-Year-Old Girl In Paterson, N.J.
PATERSON, N.J. (CBSNewYork/AP) -- Another suspect has been was apprehended in the shooting that killed a 14-year-old girl in Paterson, New Jersey.
Baseem Williams, 22, was the seventh person arrested in connection with the Sept. 20 slaying of Nazerah Bugg, the Passaic County Prosecutor's office told CBS 2.
Williams was apprehended Tuesday by Paterson police detectives, prosecutors said. He had been wanted in the case on charges of murder, attempted murder, and employing a juvenile for an act of murder, according to a published report.
The three Paterson residents -- 20-year-old Shakeem Ricks, 22-year-old Tyheem Mayfield and 19-year-old Nyje Johnson -- and three juvenile male suspects have also been charged in the case.
Bugg, a high school freshman, was killed on the evening of Sept. 20 as she walked with friends on Clinton Street after leaving Mom's Fried Chicken. Her 15-year-old friend was also shot and wounded.
The fatal shooting was not gang-related and Bugg was not the intended victim, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia Valdes said.
Valdes attributed the shooting to ongoing neighborhood disputes in Paterson's 1st and 4th wards. She said there were two shootings the day Bugg was killed and at least two shooters fired at least 15 times at Bugg and her companions.
A young girl who said she was friends with the victim said the territorial dispute has been ongoing for some time, 1010 WINS' Gary Baumgarten reported last month.
"Up the hill, across the bridge had beef with people downhill on this side of the bridge," she said. "I don't even know why. We're all a community. We're all Paterson. We all need to get along. They trying to get war."
Bugg's death came a little more than two months after 12-year-old Genesis Rincon was killed by a stray bullet while riding her scooter in Paterson.
The deaths have many residents calling on local and state leaders to do more to help end the ongoing violence in the city.
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