Authorities in Paterson corrected erroneous reports floating around that four people had been shot one night last week. It was only one, they said.The 23-year-old victim was wounded at one of the city s most notorious corners Governor a…
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Fallen Jersey City Police Det. Joseph Seals. Photo via GoFundMe.
By John Heinis/Hudson County View
“Seals worked closely with the legal and investigative staff at the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office as he was assigned first to the JCPD Street Crimes Unit and then the Cease Fire Unit,” the HCPO said in a statement this afternoon.
“He was respected and beloved by all he worked with at the Prosecutor’s Office. Prosecutor Suarez wanted to honor him with this special tribute of dedicating the Media Room as the Detective Joseph Seals Media Room to ensure a lasting memory of Joe is always
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Mayor Steven Fulop thanked the Jersey City police officers for putting themselves in the line of fire.
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Hellicopters conducted an official flyover in honor of Det. Joseph Seals who was murdered in Bayview Cemetery on Dec. 10, 2019.
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Jersey City Officials joined the Jersey City Police Department at Bayview Cemetery to commemorate the first anniversary of the Dec. 10 mass shooting and honor Det. Joseph Seals.
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Mayor Steven Fulop thanked the Jersey City police officers for putting themselves in the line of fire.
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Hellicopters conducted an official flyover in honor of Det. Joseph Seals who was murdered in Bayview Cemetery on Dec. 10, 2019.
with our cease-fire unit. zplr a second officer was shot in the shoulder. another was also injured. both have since been released from the hospital. witnesses say the ordeal unfolded so quickly, they could hardly believe what they saw. i was shopping for a few moments and all i heard was pow pow pow. i thought it was the guys down the corner playing with fireworks. then all of a sudden, the noises start going pow pow pow. i see all these unmarked guys jumping out of cars and taking stand and start shooting. reporter: police swarming the kosher supermarket after the gunmen holed up inside. they fired on the officers for hours. once they finally got inside the store, police say they found five people deceased. we believe two of them are bad guys. we believe three of them are not. and maybe civilians that were inside the store. reporter: jersey city s mayor says he believes the location of