In the late hours of a spring night in Paterson, New Jersey, the life of 20-year-old Edward Andeliz was brought to a violent end. On Saturday, May 27, 2017, police responded to reports of a shooting on 16th Avenue. There, they discovered Andeliz lying on the ground, having sustained gunshot wounds. He was transported to St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead in the early hours of May 28, 2017.
Andeliz was a male resident of Paterson.
The investigation into the shooting was launched immediately, with the Passaic County Prosecutor's Office and the Paterson Police Department leading the efforts. In the initial stages of the investigation, authorities announced that no arrests had been made and the inquiry was active and ongoing. They appealed to the public for any information that might lead to the apprehension of those responsible for Andeliz's death.
At the time of his murder, Edward Andeliz was himself a person of interest in a separate shooting that had occurred in March of that year. He had been charged with attempted murder and weapons offenses in connection with that incident. Two years prior, in May 2015, Andeliz had been arrested by detectives following a foot chase, which resulted in the confiscation of a handgun and PCP. Despite the ongoing investigation into his homicide, public online sources have not reported any arrests or the identification of any suspects in the years since his death.
