Residents in the area of East 22nd Street and 12th Ave. were awakened to several loud "car backfiring" sounds at around 3:30 a.m. prompting them to contact Paterson authorities.
Those reports into police headquarters sent several police units to the scene where a search of the neighborhood had them locate multiple shell casings.
A final search had police find as many as five shell casings but no victim was ever located.
There were no reports of arrests made.
Paterson Police are investigating