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Police Investigate Shotgun Robbery in 4th Ward

Joe Malinconico / PatersonPress.com

Thursday, February 21, 2013 • 12:17pm

PATERSON, NJ - While one suspect pointed a shotgun at his chest, a 19-year-old city man was robbed on May Street at about 10 pm on Monday, police said.

As if the shotgun weren't enough, a second suspect also pulled a handgun on the victim, who was walking home at the time, police said. The gunmen demanded evreything he had, and he gave them his iPhone, police said.

The suspects were described as two black males about five-feet, 11-inches tall, weighing about 200 pounds, wearing black hoodies and blue jeans, police said. They fled on foot.

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