In the pre-dawn hours of a late summer morning in Paterson, New Jersey, the quiet was broken by the sound of gunfire. On August 31, 2024, at approximately 2:47 a.m., a ShotSpotter activation alerted police to the area of Auburn and Ellison streets. Arriving at the scene, officers discovered a man lying face down, having sustained multiple gunshot wounds. The man was identified as Raheem Edward Porter, a 41-year-old Black male and resident of Paterson. He was the son of Charles Edward McClendon a
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