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Nazerah Bugg

Case from Paterson, NJ dated Sep 20, 2014

Victim Details

Nazerah Bugg

Female

Black / African American

Paterson

NJ

2014-09-20

14

Nazerah

Bugg

07/05/2026

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In the late evening of September 20, 2014, Nazerah Bugg, a 14-year-old female, was fatally struck by a stray bullet in Paterson, New Jersey. An aspiring basketball star who had just begun her freshman year at International High School, she was walking with friends near a chicken restaurant on Clinton Street when gunfire erupted. The shooting was the result of an ongoing neighborhood dispute, and Nazerah was not the intended target. A bullet pierced her heart and lung, tragically ending the life ...
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  • North Jersey: Gang leader, linked to two notorious Paterson homicides, is shot and killed
  • North Jersey: Bugg a 'target' in Paterson gang war, state says
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