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In the early morning hours of November 7, 2011, a night out for a friend's birthday celebration ended in tragedy for off-duty Newark Police Detective Michael Morgan. The 32-year-old male was outside the Sunrise Gentleman's Lounge in Paterson, New Jersey, when he was fatally shot. Morgan was talking with a woman, a dancer from the club, when a man approached them and attempted to rob her. Morgan, a six-and-a-half-year veteran of the Newark Police Department, intervened in an attempt to protect he ...Read More
Victim Details

Michael Morgan, Jr.

Male

White / Caucasian

Newark

NJ

2011-11-07

32

Michael

Morgan

11/20/2025