Shooting at BUTLER AND SPARROW on 10/22/2026 12:00 AM
Type: Shooting
Date: 10/22/2026 12:00 AM
Description: Man fatally shot at Butler and Sparrow streets; Joshua Fernandez 27 of Paterson suffered gunshot wound to chest and was pronounced dead at St. Joseph's University Medical Center; Edwin Betancur 28 charged with first-degree murder
Address: BUTLER AND SPARROW, Paterson, NJ
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