Crime & Safety

Passaic Co. Man Killed In Lodi Shooting: Bergen Prosecutor

Officials are investigating a homicide in Lodi, after a Passaic County man was shot dead Monday afternoon.

LODI, NJ — Officials are investigating a homicide in Lodi, after a Passaic County man was shot dead Monday afternoon.

Lodi Police Department officers came to a residence in the first block of Victor Street after someone called 911 to report a shooting. The 911 call came in around 4:30 p.m.

Officers found 26-year-old John Anthony DeLeon of Paterson with multiple gunshot wounds, according to the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office. DeLeon was pronounced dead at Hackensack University Medical Center.

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Lodi Police and the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office are investigating his death.

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