Teenager Dead After 2 Shootings Within Hours In Paterson
PATERSON, N.J. (CBS 2/AP) -- Two shootings in New Jersey's third largest city have left a 14-year-old boy dead and five others wounded.
Paterson Police Capt. Heriberto Rodriguez tells The Record newspaper one or two suspects opened fire at Rosa Parks Boulevard and Montgomery Street at 4:30 a.m. Friday. Three people were hit by bullets.
About six hours earlier, police say the boy and two 18-year-olds were shot by a drive-by shooter in a stolen minivan at 10:15 p.m. Thursday.
The men were wounded.
Police found the minivan idling without anyone. They have not recovered the gun.
It's unclear whether the shootings are related.
No arrests have been made.
No names have been released.
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