While you slept, the Paterson Police Department were investigating a shooting that occurred in the city that sent one person to the hospital.
Exact details are pending an information request to the police department, but according to preliminary reports, reports of shots fired sent police to the vicinity of the 100 block of Godwin Avenue before 2:25 a.m. where officers canvassing the scene found one person struck by gunfire at that location.
EMS rushed the victim to St. Joseph's Hospital where the extent of their injuries could only be confirmed as non-fatal as of 3:00 a.m.
Police reportedly detained as many as three individuals and located a weapon, but there are no immediate confirmation of arrests or charges.
The investigation into the motive for the shooting is in the hands of Paterson Police Department detectives.
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