PATERSON, NJ - Two Paterson teenagers were arrested on June 1 and charged in connection with the May 1 shooting death of Jose Figueroa, the 21-year-old Newark man that was gunned down in the area.
In Paterson, where a mother is charged with young son’s murder, ‘It’s hard for the whole neighborhood.’
Updated May 16, 2021;
Posted May 16, 2021
Next door neighbor Jewel Thomas wipes away her tears after talking about the young boy killed. Iris Tolentino, 46, is charged with murder of her 7-year-old-son and attempted murder in the stabbing of her 17-year-old son, in Paterson, N.J. May, 16, 2021Ed Murray | NJ Advance Media for
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It was a hard Sunday morning for Jewel Thomas and her neighbors on North 6th Street in Paterson.
Before breaking into tears as she sat with others on their stoop in the working-class neighborhood on the the city’s sloping north side, Thomas and others said it just Friday that they’d watched the sweet 7-year-old boy who lived next door playing on the sidewalk with his young friends.
Paterson police and the Passaic County prosecutor charged the mother of a 7-year-old boy with his murder and stabbing her teenage son Saturday morning.
Child killed, teen wounded in N.J. stabbing, authorities say
Updated 12:06 PM;
A 7-year-old child was killed in a multiple stabbing Saturday morning in Paterson, authorities said.
At around 7:04 a.m., Paterson police officers responded to a report of a stabbing in a 3rd floor apartment on North 6th Street, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes said in a statement. When officers arrived, they found two children with stab wounds inside the apartment, a 7-year-old and a 17-year-old, the statement said.
The victims were rushed to St. Joseph’s University Medical Center, where the 7-year-old was pronounced dead, according to the prosecutor’s statement.
7-year-old dead from apparent stab wounds in Paterson, police say
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A mother has been charged with murder after a 7-year-old was fatally stabbed in New Jersey.
Police say they found the victim and a 17-year-old with stab wounds on the third floor of a building on North 6th Street in Paterson on Saturday around 7 a.m.
They were immediately transported to St. Joseph s University Medical Center for treatment.
Authorities say the 7-year-old child was unresponsive and pronounced deceased upon arrival at the hospital, and the 17-year-old was treated for his wounds and released a short time later.
The Passaic County Prosecutor s Office asks anyone with additional information about this incident to contact us on our tips line at 1-877-370-PCPO or tips@passaiccountynj.org or contact the Paterson Police Detective Bureau at 973-321-1120.