Rui Zhou, 29, was killed during a robbery attempt while making a late-night food delivery in Paterson, New Jersey. On July 26, 2018, at about 12:42 a.m., he and his wife, Xiaomei Liu, were stopped in their white Toyota Highlander on East 34th Street when a teenager approached and tried to rob them. When Zhou tried to drive away the assailant fired into the vehicle, striking Zhou. He drove a short distance and crashed into parked cars; police who first treated the scene as a motor vehicle accident found him unresponsive in the driver’s seat with a gunshot wound. Zhou was taken to St. Joseph’s University Medical Center and pronounced dead at about 1:09 a.m. His wife was not physically injured.

The next day a 17-year-old male from Paterson was arrested; his name was not released because of his age. He was charged with acts of delinquency that would constitute murder, felony murder, robbery, and unlawful possession of a weapon. The shooting was described as motivated by a robbery attempt. Does anyone have information about that night or recall seeing the couple’s vehicle on East 34th Street?