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Juan Martinez

Case from Paterson, NJ dated May 01, 2017

Victim Details

Juan Martinez

Male

Hispanic / Latino

Paterson

NJ

2017-05-01

39

Juan

Martinez

06/27/2026

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Juan Martinez, a 39-year-old Puerto Rican Hispanic man from Paterson, New Jersey, left home on the afternoon of May 1, 2017, as the spring light settled over the city’s tightly packed streets, unaware that a brief street dispute would pull him into its path. Around 4:45 p.m., near the corner of Madison and Essex Streets in Paterson’s 5th Ward, a confrontation unfolded and gunfire erupted, leaving Martinez collapsed on the pavement with multiple gunshot wounds as people rushed toward his moti ...
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  • NJ.com: Firefighter charged with murder in street shooting
  • NJ.com: No arrests made as cops ID man shot dead in Paterson
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