Kelvin Mejia, 24, was killed in Paterson, New Jersey, on Thursday evening, October 1, 2020. Police were called about 8:46 p.m. to the intersection of 20th Avenue and East 29th Street after gunfire; officers found Mejia in the roadway with apparent gunshot wounds. He was taken to St. Joseph’s University Medical Center and later pronounced dead.

A 29-year-old Paterson man was also shot that night and taken to the same hospital by private vehicle for surgery. The Passaic County Prosecutor’s Office and the Paterson Police Detective Bureau opened an active, ongoing homicide investigation and asked the public for information. No suspects or arrests have been publicly released in connection with this shooting.

If anyone has information about what happened at 20th Avenue and East 29th Street that night, please come forward to investigators.