A 75-year-old woman was shot in the face in Paterson, authorities confirmed.
Police found the wounded victim near Rosa Parks Arts High School and the Federation Apartments high-rise off the corner of 12th Avenue and East 27th Street shortly before 3 p.m. Thursday.
She d actually been shot near the Sussman s Drugs at the corner of 10th Avenue and East 26th Street, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora said in a joint announcement.
The victim was taken to St. Joseph s Regional Medical Center with injuries that weren t considered life-threatening, they said.
Valdes and Baycora didn t say under what circumstances the woman had been shot, nor whether any suspects had been arrested or identified.