On the afternoon of October 3, 2023, gunfire broke out near Broadway and Rosa Parks Boulevard in Paterson, New Jersey. Twenty-three-year-old Jerrell Wright of Riverdale was found inside a vehicle with fatal gunshot wounds to the chest. He was taken to St. Joseph’s University Medical Center and pronounced dead. Two other men were wounded: a 19-year-old from Elmwood Park who had been in the same vehicle, and a 57-year-old man who was on a nearby bus; both survived.

Investigators from the Paterson Police Department and the Passaic County Prosecutor’s Office identified a first suspect within days: a 16-year-old male from Paterson who was taken into custody on October 12, 2023. He was charged as a juvenile with acts that would constitute murder, conspiracy to commit murder, attempted murder, and weapons offenses if he were an adult. The probe continued, and on June 8, 2024, a second suspect, 19-year-old Brayan Caraballo of Paterson, was arrested in Pennsylvania on first-degree murder, conspiracy to commit murder, and attempted murder charges and was awaiting extradition.

Anyone with information about the shooting or who knew Jerrell is asked to come forward.