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2 bodies with gunshot wounds found in parked car in NJ

By FOX 5 NY Staff
Published  August 19, 2022 3:00pm EDT
Paterson
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Paterson shooting victims

SkyFOX was over Paterson, N.J., where two bodies with gunshot wounds were found inside a car.

PASSAIC COUNTY, N.J. - Authorities in New Jersey are investigating the fatal shootings of two people whose bodies were inside a parked car on Friday.

Paterson police and the Passaic County Prosecutor's Office responded to a vehicle Elizabeth Street and Getty Avenue in Paterson at about 11:40 a.m., officials said. 

The bodies of a man and a woman were inside the car. They had suffered apparent gunshot wounds, the prosecutor's office said.

Video from SkyFOX showed several law enforcement officers investigating the crime scene. A white tarp was draped over the windshield of a dark-colored Chevrolet SUV.

Authorities said anyone with information should call the prosecutor's office tips line at 877-370-PCPO or the Paterson Police Detective Bureau at 973-321-1120.