Paterson man charged with murder in shooting on city street

A 28-year-old Paterson man has been arrested on charges he shot and killed another man on a city street last week, authorities said Sunday. Edwin Betancur faces murder and weapons charges in the shooting that occurred in the area of Butler and Sparrow streets at 4:58 p.m. on Wednesday, according to the Passaic County Prosecutor’s Office. Joshua Fernandez, 27, of Paterson, was shot in the chest and taken in a private vehicle to Saint Joseph’s University Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead, authorities said.

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